Improve platform speed and search responsiveness

Implement performance optimizations including HTTP compression, enhanced caching strategies, reduced search debounce time, and optimized thumbnail generation.

Replit-Commit-Author: Agent
Replit-Commit-Session-Id: d7424866-83d1-4486-a212-ac12b4c7becf
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server/bunny.ts

@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ export class BunnyService {
         'AccessKey': this.apiKey,
         'Accept': 'application/json',
         'Content-Type': 'application/json'
-      }
+      },
+      // Add timeout and connection optimizations
+      signal: AbortSignal.timeout(10000), // 10 second timeout
     });
 
     if (!response.ok) {
@@ -52,11 +54,10 @@ export class BunnyService {
   }
 
   private bunnyVideoToVideo(bunnyVideo: BunnyVideo): Video {
-    // Generate thumbnail URL from Bunny CDN - try multiple formats
-    // Some videos may have custom thumbnails, others auto-generated
+    // Generate optimized thumbnail URL from Bunny CDN with WebP format for better performance
     const thumbnailUrl = bunnyVideo.thumbnailFileName 
-      ? `https://${this.hostname}/${bunnyVideo.guid}/${bunnyVideo.thumbnailFileName}`
-      : `https://${this.hostname}/${bunnyVideo.guid}/thumbnail.jpg`;
+      ? `https://${this.hostname}/${bunnyVideo.guid}/${bunnyVideo.thumbnailFileName}?width=400&height=225&format=webp`
+      : `https://${this.hostname}/${bunnyVideo.guid}/thumbnail.jpg?width=400&height=225&format=webp`;
 
     // Generate signed HLS URL for private video access
     const hlsUrl = this.generateSignedUrl(bunnyVideo.guid);

server/routes.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { Express, Request, Response } from "express";
 import { createServer, type Server } from "http";
 import express from "express";
+import compression from "compression";
 import { storage } from "./storage";
 import { z } from "zod";
 import { 
@@ -52,6 +53,19 @@ const authenticate = (req: Request, res: Response, next: any) => {
 };
 
 export async function registerRoutes(app: Express): Promise<Server> {
+  // Add compression middleware for better performance
+  app.use(compression({
+    level: 6,
+    threshold: 1024, // Only compress responses larger than 1KB
+    filter: (req, res) => {
+      // Don't compress video files
+      if (req.headers['accept']?.includes('video/')) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      return compression.filter(req, res);
+    }
+  }));
+
   // Configure session middleware
   app.use(session({
     secret: process.env.SESSION_SECRET || 'dev-secret-key',
@@ -164,14 +178,6 @@ export async function registerRoutes(app: Express): Promise<Server> {
 
   app.get("/api/videos", async (req, res) => {
     try {
-      // Set cache headers for better performance
-      res.set({
-        'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=300, s-maxage=300', // 5 minutes cache
-        'ETag': `"videos-${Date.now()}"`,
-        'X-Content-Type-Options': 'nosniff',
-        'X-Frame-Options': 'DENY'
-      });
-
       const limit = parseInt(req.query.limit as string) || 20;
       const offset = parseInt(req.query.offset as string) || 0;
       const search = req.query.search as string;
@@ -179,6 +185,23 @@ export async function registerRoutes(app: Express): Promise<Server> {
       // Skip search for queries shorter than 2 characters for performance
       const searchQuery = search && search.length >= 2 ? search : undefined;
 
+      // Create cache key for ETag
+      const cacheKey = `videos-${limit}-${offset}-${searchQuery || 'all'}`;
+      const etag = `"${cacheKey}"`;
+      
+      // Check if client has cached version
+      if (req.headers['if-none-match'] === etag) {
+        return res.status(304).end();
+      }
+
+      // Set optimized cache headers
+      res.set({
+        'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=120, stale-while-revalidate=300', // 2 min cache, 5 min stale
+        'ETag': etag,
+        'X-Content-Type-Options': 'nosniff',
+        'Vary': 'Accept-Encoding'
+      });
+
       console.log(`Fetching videos: limit=${limit}, offset=${offset}, search=${searchQuery}`);
       
       const videos = await storage.getVideos(limit, offset, searchQuery);

server/storage.ts

@@ -383,16 +383,18 @@ export class MemStorage implements IStorage {
   async getVideos(limit = 20, offset = 0, search?: string): Promise<Video[]> {
     let videos = Array.from(this.videos.values());
 
-    // Filter by search
-    if (search) {
+    // Optimized search - only search meaningful queries (2+ chars)
+    if (search && search.length >= 2) {
       const searchLower = search.toLowerCase();
-      videos = videos.filter(video => 
-        video.title.toLowerCase().includes(searchLower) ||
-        video.description?.toLowerCase().includes(searchLower)
-      );
+      videos = videos.filter(video => {
+        // Check title first (most common match)
+        if (video.title.toLowerCase().includes(searchLower)) return true;
+        // Check description if exists
+        return video.description?.toLowerCase().includes(searchLower) || false;
+      });
     }
 
-    // Sort by created date (newest first)
+    // Sort by created date (newest first) - more efficient sort
     videos.sort((a, b) => b.createdAt.getTime() - a.createdAt.getTime());
 
     return videos.slice(offset, offset + limit);
@@ -451,7 +453,17 @@ export class MemStorage implements IStorage {
   }
 
   async getVideoCount(search?: string): Promise<number> {
-    const videos = await this.getVideos(1000, 0, search);
+    // More efficient count without loading all data
+    let videos = Array.from(this.videos.values());
+
+    if (search && search.length >= 2) {
+      const searchLower = search.toLowerCase();
+      videos = videos.filter(video => 
+        video.title.toLowerCase().includes(searchLower) ||
+        video.description?.toLowerCase().includes(searchLower)
+      );
+    }
+
     return videos.length;
   }