Using Output Caching

In some ways, output caching is similar to response caching. Output caching can store dynamically generated responses on the server so that they do not have to be regenerated again for another request. This can improve performance.

Output caching endpoints

Let’s see it in action with a really simple example of applying output caching to some endpoints to make sure it is working properly:

Step 1: In the Northwind.Mvc project, in Program.cs, add statements after the call to AddNorthwindContext to add the output cache middleware and override the default expiration timespan to make it only 10 seconds, as shown highlighted in the following code: