Ask HN: Is it legit to cache Google Books API results to my db?

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Hello HN, is it legit to store the Google Books API response to my db and serve for later requests? Is it ok to do? any tips?

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There's nothing specifically about caching in the Books API ToS (compared to, say, the Maps API which has restrictions) so it's likely covered by the general policy:

https://developers.google.com/terms#e_prohibitions_on_conten...

Short short version: you can only cache the responses for as long as the headers say you should

Thank you.

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