add per call cache disable options

README.md

@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ are 3 different caches:
  * transaction spent information
  * scriptPubKey for unspent transactions
 
-Cache data is only filled on request, i.e., only after accessing the required data for
+Cache data is only populated on request, i.e., only after accessing the required data for
-the first time, the information is cached, there is not pre-caching procedure.
+the first time, the information is cached, there is not pre-caching procedure.  To ignore 
-
+cache by default, use INSIGHT_IGNORE_CACHE. Also, address related calls support `?noCache=1`
-To ignore cache, use INSIGHT_IGNORE_CACHE;
+to ignore the cache in a particular API request.
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
@@ -167,12 +167,12 @@ The end-points are:
 ```
 ### Address
 ```
-  /api/addr/[:addr][?noTxList=1]
+  /api/addr/[:addr][?noTxList=1&noCache=1]
   /api/addr/mmvP3mTe53qxHdPqXEvdu8WdC7GfQ2vmx5?noTxList=1
 ```
 ### Unspent Outputs
 ```
-  /api/addr/[:addr]/utxo
+  /api/addr/[:addr]/utxo[?noCache=1]
 ```
 Sample return:
 ``` json
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ Sample return:
     }
 ]
 ```
-Please not that in case confirmations are cached and are more that SAFE_CONFIRMATIONS setting, the
+Please not that in case confirmations are cached and are more that INSIGHT_SAFE_CONFIRMATIONS setting, the
-return can be a string of the form 'SAFE_CONFIRMATIONS+'
+return can be a string of the form `SAFE_CONFIRMATIONS+`, e.g.: the string `6+`
 
 
 ### Unspent Outputs for multiple addresses

app/controllers/addresses.js

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ exports.show = function(req, res, next) {
       } else {
         return res.jsonp(a.getObj());
       }
-    }, {txLimit: req.query.noTxList?0:-1, ignoreCache: req.param('nocache')});
+    }, {txLimit: req.query.noTxList?0:-1, ignoreCache: req.param('noCache')});
   }
 };
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ exports.utxo = function(req, res, next) {
       else {
         return res.jsonp(a.unspent);
       }
-    }, {onlyUnspent:1, ignoreCache: req.param('nocache')});
+    }, {onlyUnspent:1, ignoreCache: req.param('noCache')});
   }
 };
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ exports.multiutxo = function(req, res, next) {
         if (err) callback(err);
         utxos = utxos.concat(a.unspent);
         callback();
-      }, {onlyUnspent:1, ignoreCache: req.param('nocache')});
+      }, {onlyUnspent:1, ignoreCache: req.param('noCache')});
     }, function(err) { // finished callback
       if (err) return common.handleErrors(err, res);
       res.jsonp(utxos);
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ exports.balance = function(req, res, next) {
       } else {
         return res.jsonp(a.balanceSat);
       }
-    }, {ignoreCache: req.param('nocache')});
+    }, {ignoreCache: req.param('noCache')});
 };
 
 exports.totalReceived = function(req, res, next) {
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ exports.totalReceived = function(req, res, next) {
       } else {
         return res.jsonp(a.totalReceivedSat);
       }
-    }, {ignoreCache: req.param('nocache')});
+    }, {ignoreCache: req.param('noCache')});
 };
 
 exports.totalSent = function(req, res, next) {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ exports.totalSent = function(req, res, next) {
       } else {
         return res.jsonp(a.totalSentSat);
       }
-    }, {ignoreCache: req.param('nocache')});
+    }, {ignoreCache: req.param('noCache')});
 };
 
 exports.unconfirmedBalance = function(req, res, next) {
@@ -135,5 +135,5 @@ exports.unconfirmedBalance = function(req, res, next) {
       } else {
         return res.jsonp(a.unconfirmedBalanceSat);
       }
-    }, {ignoreCache: req.param('nocache')});
+    }, {ignoreCache: req.param('noCache')});
 };