Add some caching to the wikidata search box, partial fix to #551 and #530

Logic/Web/Wikidata.ts

@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ export default class Wikidata {
             lang +
             "&type=item&origin=*" +
             "&props=";// props= removes some unused values in the result
-        const response = await Utils.downloadJson(url)
+        const response = await Utils.downloadJsonCached(url, 10000)
 
         const result: any[] = response.search
 
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ export default class Wikidata {
         return result;
     }
 
+    
     public static async searchAndFetch(
         search: string,
         options?: WikidataSearchoptions
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ export default class Wikidata {
         }
 
         const url = "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/" + id + ".json";
-        const entities = (await Utils.downloadJson(url)).entities
+        const entities = (await Utils.downloadJsonCached(url, 10000)).entities
         const firstKey = <string> Array.from(Object.keys(entities))[0] // Roundabout way to fetch the entity; it might have been a redirect
         const response = entities[firstKey]
 

Models/Constants.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import {Utils} from "../Utils";
 
 export default class Constants {
 
-    public static vNumber = "0.11.3";
+    public static vNumber = "0.11.4";
     public static ImgurApiKey = '7070e7167f0a25a'
     public static readonly mapillary_client_token_v3 = 'TXhLaWthQ1d4RUg0czVxaTVoRjFJZzowNDczNjUzNmIyNTQyYzI2'
     public static readonly mapillary_client_token_v4 = "MLY|4441509239301885|b40ad2d3ea105435bd40c7e76993ae85"

UI/Wikipedia/WikidataSearchBox.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import Svg from "../../Svg";
 
 export default class WikidataSearchBox extends InputElement<string> {
 
+    private static readonly _searchCache = new Map<string, Promise<WikidataResponse[]>>()
+    IsSelected: UIEventSource<boolean> = new UIEventSource<boolean>(false);
     private readonly wikidataId: UIEventSource<string>
     private readonly searchText: UIEventSource<string>
 
@@ -29,6 +31,10 @@ export default class WikidataSearchBox extends InputElement<string> {
         return this.wikidataId;
     }
 
+    IsValid(t: string): boolean {
+        return t.startsWith("Q") && !isNaN(Number(t.substring(1)));
+    }
+
     protected InnerConstructElement(): HTMLElement {
 
         const searchField = new TextField({
@@ -46,12 +52,20 @@ export default class WikidataSearchBox extends InputElement<string> {
                 return;
             }
             searchFailMessage.setData(undefined)
-            lastSearchResults.WaitForPromise(
+
-                Wikidata.searchAndFetch(searchText, {
+            const lang = Locale.language.data
-                        lang: Locale.language.data,
+            const key = lang + ":" + searchText
+            let promise = WikidataSearchBox._searchCache.get(key)
+            if (promise === undefined) {
+                promise = Wikidata.searchAndFetch(searchText, {
+                        lang,
                         maxCount: 5
                     }
-                ), err => searchFailMessage.setData(err))
+                )
+                WikidataSearchBox._searchCache.set(key, promise)
+            }
+
+            lastSearchResults.WaitForPromise(promise, err => searchFailMessage.setData(err))
 
         })
 
@@ -61,10 +75,10 @@ export default class WikidataSearchBox extends InputElement<string> {
                 return new Combine([Translations.t.general.wikipedia.failed.Clone().SetClass("alert"), searchFailMessage.data])
             }
 
-            if(searchResults.length === 0){
+            if (searchResults.length === 0) {
                 return Translations.t.general.wikipedia.noResults.Subs({search: searchField.GetValue().data ?? ""})
             }
-            
+
             if (searchResults.length === 0) {
                 return Translations.t.general.wikipedia.doSearch
             }
@@ -88,7 +102,6 @@ export default class WikidataSearchBox extends InputElement<string> {
 
         }, [searchFailMessage]))
 
-        //
         const full = new Combine([
             new Title(Translations.t.general.wikipedia.searchWikidata, 3).SetClass("m-2"),
             new Combine([
@@ -108,10 +121,4 @@ export default class WikidataSearchBox extends InputElement<string> {
         ]).ConstructElement();
     }
 
-    IsSelected: UIEventSource<boolean> = new UIEventSource<boolean>(false);
-
-    IsValid(t: string): boolean {
-        return t.startsWith("Q") && !isNaN(Number(t.substring(1)));
-    }
-
 }