fix: prevent pageview requests caching

_config.yml

@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ pwa:
   enabled: true # The option for PWA feature (installable)
   cache:
     enabled: true # The option for PWA offline cache
+    # URLs defined here will be excluded from the PWA cache.
+    # Usually it's value is the part of URL of another website.
+    # If URL includes the value defined, then it will be excluded.
+    deny_urls:
+      - "goatcounter.com/counter"
+      # - "example.com" # URLs match `*example.com*` will not be cached by the PWA
     # Paths defined here will be excluded from the PWA cache.
     # Usually its value is the `baseurl` of another website that
     # shares the same domain name as the current website.

_javascript/pwa/sw.js

@@ -5,7 +5,18 @@ importScripts(`${baseurl}/assets/js/data/swconf.js`);
 const purge = swconf.purge;
 
 function verifyUrl(url) {
-  const requestPath = new URL(url).pathname;
+  const requestUrl = new URL(url);
+  const requestPath = requestUrl.pathname;
+
+  if (!requestUrl.protocol.startsWith('http')) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  for (const denyUrl of swconf.denyUrls) {
+    if (requestUrl.href.includes(denyUrl)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
 
   for (const path of swconf.denyPaths) {
     if (requestPath.startsWith(path)) {

assets/js/data/swconf.js

@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ const swconf = {
       {% endfor %}
     ],
 
+    {%- comment -%} The request url with below url part will not be cached. {%- endcomment -%}
+    denyUrls: [
+      {% for url in site.pwa.cache.deny_urls %}
+        {% unless url == empty %}
+          '{{ url }}'{%- unless forloop.last -%},{%- endunless -%}
+        {% endunless  %}
+      {% endfor %}
+    ],
+
     {%- comment -%} The request url with below path will not be cached. {%- endcomment -%}
     denyPaths: [
       {% for path in site.pwa.cache.deny_paths %}