Merge pull request gbowne1#45 from shishir-21/fix/service-worker-api-cache

Fix: exclude API routes from service worker cache

Author: gbowne1

public/service-worker.js

@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ self.addEventListener("activate", (event) => {
 
 // Fetch event handler with cache-first strategy
 self.addEventListener("fetch", (event) => {
+    if (!event.request.url.startsWith("http")) return;
+    const url = new URL(event.request.url);
+
+    // Do not cache API requests (like/ api/streams)
+    if (url.pathname.startsWith("/api/")) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     event.respondWith(
         caches.match(event.request).then((response) => {
             if (response) {
@@ -67,11 +75,11 @@ self.addEventListener("fetch", (event) => {
                 );
                 return response;
             }
-            
+
             // Handle non-cached requests
             return fetch(event.request).catch(error => {
                 console.error("Network request failed:", error);
-                
+
                 // Serve offline fallback for navigation requests
                 if (event.request.mode === 'navigate') {
                     return caches.match('/offline.html');