Dynamic data (rate, live price, submitting lead...)

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Galaxy does static websites, the content is only updated on publishing. We serve pre-built HTML, CSS, JS, assets files; contrary to dynamic sites where the content of the page is rendered on the server for each request.

To have parts of the website dynamic, you need to get/send asynchronously some data, for example:

• send form (lead) data to the backoffice

• get the best lead rate for the next 90 days from iHotelier API

Legacy solution

todo

• explain how we currently get data

• difference static data (only updated on publishing) / dynamic (for example rates for rooms, live price, etc.. coming from an external API)

Proxy

• Remove the dependency to the Galaxy back office by providing a distinct platform

• Improve performance and resiliency by providing a world-wide architecture

• The proxy ensures that only allowed websites are making the API calls.

Edit configuration in the BO

For the call using an API, most of the time you need to add a configuration, such as API credentials

Edit your domain and go to the tab "Proxy Settings" (domain settings - proxy settings)

Caching

Each region (Europe, Asia, America) has its own caching for the responses.

Also, each call can have different rules for caching. For example, getting a "best lead rate" will be cached 24h in your region, but a "live price" will be cached for a shorted period of time.

FAQ

Proxy is not working on my dev environment

On the local website, check the value for window.galaxyInfo.proxy_url

Knowing this value can be helpful in the case of debugging. In case there is no value, your dev environment is not configured properly, please ask xo7 for assistance.