[LRUG] VCR caches

[Oliver Legg]

VCR also has a specific feature to handle this problem. There’s a `filter_sensitive_data`[1] configuration option.

[1] https://relishapp.com/vcr/vcr/v/3-0-1/docs/configuration/filter-sensitive-data

> On 11 Sep 2018, at 16:44, Matthew Rudy Jacobs <matthewrudyjacobs at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> As it happens VCR cassettes accept ERB tags.
> 
> So I once wrote a script to regenerate cassettes using real credentials,
> then right afterwards replace the credentials in the cassettes with an ERB reference.
> 
> It's risky that you'll mess it up,
> but it worked for my needs.
> 
> On Tue, 11 Sep 2018 at 16:32, Toby Privett <toby at snaplab.co.uk <mailto:toby at snaplab.co.uk>> wrote:
> On a tangent, I once let API credentials leak into VCR yaml files. Then pushed them to an open source repo.
> You're probably not doing that, but worth being mindful of the risks
> 
> On Tue, 11 Sep 2018 at 11:07 James Adam <james at lazyatom.com <mailto:james at lazyatom.com>> wrote:
> On 11 Sep 2018, at 10:07, Samuel Joseph <tansaku at gmail.com <mailto:tansaku at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> I have two concerns
>> 
>> 1) new developers onboarding often get snarled up in the caching and the files generated
> 
> I tend to consider the generated YAML files as black boxes — it’s hard to predict their contents or make much sense of them until you’re quite experienced.
> 
>> 2) the cached recordings are gradually getting further and further out of date - could we automate their refreshing?
> 
> 
> VCR _can_ be configured to automatically re-record after a fixed period of time, would that help? https://relishapp.com/vcr/vcr/v/3-0-3/docs/cassettes/automatic-re-recording <https://relishapp.com/vcr/vcr/v/3-0-3/docs/cassettes/automatic-re-recording>
> 
> — James
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