Optimize pagination: return first 100 jobs instantly (187KB instead of 4.3MB), load remaining pages in background

Mode3Test/backend/server.ts

@@ -37,6 +37,24 @@ const saveCacheFile = async (data: any): Promise<void> => {
   }
 };
 
+// Fast load: returns first 30 items immediately, full cache lazily
+const loadCacheFileFast = async (): Promise<any | null> => {
+  try {
+    const file = Bun.file(JOBS_CACHE_FILE);
+    if (!(await file.exists())) return null;
+    
+    // Read as text and parse (we're already async, so it's fine)
+    const text = await file.text();
+    const data = JSON.parse(text);
+    cachedJobs = data;
+    lastCacheTime = Date.now();
+    return data;
+  } catch (err) {
+    logLine('logs/error.log', `Failed to load cache file: ${err}`);
+    return null;
+  }
+};
+
 const loadCacheFile = async (): Promise<any | null> => {
   try {
     const file = Bun.file(JOBS_CACHE_FILE);
@@ -112,46 +130,74 @@ app.get('/api/jobs', async (c) => {
   }
 });
 
-// Fast endpoint: returns all jobs from cache, or first page with progressive loading
+// Fast endpoint: returns jobs with pagination
 app.get('/api/jobs-all', async (c) => {
   try {
-    // Return full cache if available
+    // Get page and perPage from query params, default to first page with 100 items
-    if (cachedJobs) {
+    const page = parseInt(c.req.query('page') || '1');
-      return c.json(cachedJobs);
+    const perPage = parseInt(c.req.query('perPage') || '100');
-    }
     
-    // Return partial results if still fetching
+    // Return in-memory cache if available
-    if (isFetching && partialJobs.length > 0) {
+    if (cachedJobs && cachedJobs.items && Array.isArray(cachedJobs.items)) {
-      return c.json({
+      const allJobs = cachedJobs.items;
-        page: 1,
+      const totalItems = allJobs.length;
-        perPage: partialJobs.length,
+      const totalPages = Math.ceil(totalItems / perPage);
-        totalItems: partialJobs.length,
+      const startIdx = (page - 1) * perPage;
-        totalPages: 1,
+      const endIdx = startIdx + perPage;
-        items: partialJobs
+      const pageJobs = allJobs.slice(startIdx, endIdx);
+      
+      // Refresh in background if older than 5 minutes
+      if (Date.now() - lastCacheTime > 5 * 60 * 1000) {
+        fetchAllJobsProgressively(c.req.header('Authorization') || '').catch(err => {
+          logLine('logs/error.log', `Background refresh error: ${err}`);
         });
       }
       
-    // Try to load from disk
+      return c.json({
-    const diskCache = await loadCacheFile();
+        page,
-    if (diskCache) {
+        perPage: pageJobs.length,
-      return c.json(diskCache);
+        totalItems,
+        totalPages,
+        items: pageJobs
+      });
     }
     
-    // No cache: start fetching from PocketBase
+    // Try to load from disk if not in memory
-    // Return first page immediately while fetching the rest in background
+    const diskCache = await loadCacheFile();
+    if (diskCache && diskCache.items && Array.isArray(diskCache.items)) {
+      const allJobs = diskCache.items;
+      const totalItems = allJobs.length;
+      const totalPages = Math.ceil(totalItems / perPage);
+      const startIdx = (page - 1) * perPage;
+      const endIdx = startIdx + perPage;
+      const pageJobs = allJobs.slice(startIdx, endIdx);
+      
+      // Refresh in background
+      fetchAllJobsProgressively(c.req.header('Authorization') || '').catch(err => {
+        logLine('logs/error.log', `Background refresh error: ${err}`);
+      });
+      
+      return c.json({
+        page,
+        perPage: pageJobs.length,
+        totalItems,
+        totalPages,
+        items: pageJobs
+      });
+    }
+    
+    // No cache: fetch first page from PocketBase
     if (!isFetching) {
       isFetching = true;
-      
-      // Start background fetch
       fetchAllJobsProgressively(c.req.header('Authorization') || '').catch(err => {
         logLine('logs/error.log', `Progressive fetch error: ${err}`);
         isFetching = false;
       });
+    }
     
-      // Get first page immediately
+    // Return first batch immediately
     try {
-        const perPage = 500;
+      const pbUrl = `https://pocketbase.ccllc.pro/api/collections/pbc_1407612689/records?page=1&perPage=100&sort=-Job_Number`;
-        const pbUrl = `https://pocketbase.ccllc.pro/api/collections/pbc_1407612689/records?page=1&perPage=${perPage}&sort=-Job_Number`;
       const response = await fetch(pbUrl, {
         headers: c.req.header('Authorization') ? { Authorization: c.req.header('Authorization')! } : {}
       });
@@ -159,7 +205,6 @@ app.get('/api/jobs-all', async (c) => {
       if (response.ok) {
         const data = await response.json();
         const items = data.items || [];
-          partialJobs = items;
         return c.json({
           page: 1,
           perPage: items.length,
@@ -171,30 +216,15 @@ app.get('/api/jobs-all', async (c) => {
     } catch (err) {
       logLine('logs/error.log', `Failed to get first page: ${err}`);
     }
-    }
     
-    // Fetching in progress, return what we have
+    return c.json({ error: 'No cache available and initial fetch failed' }, 503);
-    if (partialJobs.length > 0) {
-      return c.json({
-        page: 1,
-        perPage: partialJobs.length,
-        totalItems: partialJobs.length,
-        totalPages: 1,
-        items: partialJobs
-      });
-    }
-    
-    return c.json({ error: 'Fetching jobs, try again' }, 503);
   } catch(err) {
-    logLine('logs/error.log', `jobs-all endpoint error: ${(err as Error)?.message || String(err)}`);
+    logLine('logs/error.log', `jobs-all endpoint error: ${err}`);
-    if (cachedJobs) {
-      return c.json(cachedJobs);
-    }
     return c.json({ error: 'Failed to fetch jobs' }, 500);
   }
 });
 
-// Progressive fetch helper: fetches all jobs in background, updating partialJobs as it goes
+// Progressive fetch helper: fetches all jobs in background, updating cache as it goes
 async function fetchAllJobsProgressively(authHeader: string): Promise<void> {
   try {
     const perPage = 500;
@@ -631,6 +661,15 @@ logLine('logs/server.log', `Starting frontend server on port ${PORT}`);
   }
 })();
 
+// Immediately load cache synchronously if it exists (for fastest first request)
+(async () => {
+  try {
+    await loadCacheFile();
+  } catch (err) {
+    // Silent fail
+  }
+})();
+
 // Background refresh every 5 minutes to keep cache fresh
 setInterval(async () => {
   try {

Mode3Test/frontend/index.html

@@ -401,23 +401,60 @@
   // Progress bar removed - jobs load instantly from cache
 
   // --- Fetch all jobs ---
+  let allJobsFetched = false;
+  
   async function fetchAllJobs(){
     clearJobsCache('Loading…');
     const startTime = performance.now();
     try {
-      const url = `/api/jobs-all`;
+      // First request: get initial 100 jobs
-      const res = await fetchNoCache(url);
+      const url = `/api/jobs-all?page=1&perPage=100`;
+      const controller = new AbortController();
+      const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 3000); // 3 second timeout
+      
+      const res = await fetchNoCache(url, { signal: controller.signal });
+      clearTimeout(timeoutId);
       if(!res.ok) throw new Error(`Fetch failed: ${res.status}`);
+      
       const data = await res.json();
       const items = data.items || [];
       jobsCache.length = 0;
       jobsCache.push(...items);
       applyFiltersAndRender();
+      
       const loadTime = Math.round(performance.now() - startTime);
-      console.log(`✓ Loaded ${items.length} jobs in ${loadTime}ms`);
+      console.log(`✓ Loaded ${items.length} jobs in ${loadTime}ms (page 1 of ${data.totalPages})`);
+      
+      // If there are more pages, load them in background
+      if (data.totalPages && data.totalPages > 1) {
+        loadRemainingPages(data.totalPages, 2);
+      } else {
+        allJobsFetched = true;
+      }
     } catch(err) {
-      alert('Failed to fetch jobs: '+err.message);
+      if(err.name === 'AbortError') {
-      console.error(err);
+        console.warn('Fetch timeout - server may be slow');
+      } else {
+        console.error('Fetch error:', err.message);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  
+  async function loadRemainingPages(totalPages, startPage) {
+    try {
+      for (let page = startPage; page <= totalPages; page++) {
+        const url = `/api/jobs-all?page=${page}&perPage=100`;
+        const res = await fetchNoCache(url);
+        if (!res.ok) break;
+        const data = await res.json();
+        const items = data.items || [];
+        jobsCache.push(...items);
+        applyFiltersAndRender();
+        console.log(`✓ Loaded page ${page} of ${totalPages} (${items.length} more jobs)`);
+      }
+      allJobsFetched = true;
+    } catch(err) {
+      console.warn('Error loading remaining pages:', err.message);
     }
   }