Add a HTTP cache for remote resources.

Fixes #12502
Closes #11891

config/allconfig/allconfig.go

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/cache/filecache"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/cache/httpcache"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/hugo"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/loggers"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/maps"
@@ -119,6 +120,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	// <docsmeta>{"identifiers": ["caches"] }</docsmeta>
 	Caches filecache.Configs `mapstructure:"-"`
 
+	// The httpcache configuration section contains HTTP-cache-related configuration options.
+	// <docsmeta>{"identifiers": ["httpcache"] }</docsmeta>
+	HTTPCache httpcache.Config `mapstructure:"-"`
+
 	// The markup configuration section contains markup-related configuration options.
 	// <docsmeta>{"identifiers": ["markup"] }</docsmeta>
 	Markup markup_config.Config `mapstructure:"-"`
@@ -359,6 +364,11 @@ func (c *Config) CompileConfig(logger loggers.Logger) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	httpCache, err := c.HTTPCache.Compile()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	c.C = &ConfigCompiled{
 		Timeout:           timeout,
 		BaseURL:           baseURL,
@@ -374,6 +384,7 @@ func (c *Config) CompileConfig(logger loggers.Logger) error {
 		SegmentFilter:     c.Segments.Config.Get(func(s string) { logger.Warnf("Render segment %q not found in configuration", s) }, c.RootConfig.RenderSegments...),
 		MainSections:      c.MainSections,
 		Clock:             clock,
+		HTTPCache:         httpCache,
 		transientErr:      transientErr,
 	}
 
@@ -413,6 +424,7 @@ type ConfigCompiled struct {
 	SegmentFilter     segments.SegmentFilter
 	MainSections      []string
 	Clock             time.Time
+	HTTPCache         httpcache.ConfigCompiled
 
 	// This is set to the last transient error found during config compilation.
 	// With themes/modules we compute the configuration in multiple passes, and

config/allconfig/alldecoders.go

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/cache/filecache"
+
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/cache/httpcache"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/maps"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/common/types"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/config"
@@ -96,6 +98,18 @@ var allDecoderSetups = map[string]decodeWeight{
 			return err
 		},
 	},
+	"httpcache": {
+		key: "httpcache",
+		decode: func(d decodeWeight, p decodeConfig) error {
+			var err error
+			p.c.HTTPCache, err = httpcache.DecodeConfig(p.bcfg, p.p.GetStringMap(d.key))
+			if p.c.IgnoreCache {
+				p.c.HTTPCache.Cache.For.Excludes = []string{"**"}
+				p.c.HTTPCache.Cache.For.Includes = []string{}
+			}
+			return err
+		},
+	},
 	"build": {
 		key: "build",
 		decode: func(d decodeWeight, p decodeConfig) error {

config/allconfig/configlanguage.go

@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ func (c ConfigLanguage) GetConfigSection(s string) any {
 		return c.m.Modules
 	case "deployment":
 		return c.config.Deployment
+	case "httpCacheCompiled":
+		return c.config.C.HTTPCache
 	default:
 		panic("not implemented: " + s)
 	}