teddit/cacheControl.js

module.exports.removeCacheFiles = function() {
  const config = require('./config');

  async function deleteStatic() {
      const fs = require('fs');
      const pics = './static/pics/';
      const vids = './static/vids/';
      
      fs.rmdir(pics, { recursive: true, force: true }, () => {
        fs.rmdir(vids, { recursive: true, force: true }, () => {
        	['pics/thumbs', 'pics/flairs', 'pics/icons', 'vids'].map((d) => `./static/${d}`)
		      .filter((d) => !fs.existsSync(d))
		      .forEach((d) => fs.mkdirSync(d, { recursive: true }));

		      console.log('Cleared cached static media files. You can turn this off by setting the config.cache_control to false.');
        });
      });
  }

  if(config.cache_control) {
    deleteStatic();
    
    const interval_ms = config.cache_control_interval
    setInterval(() => {
      deleteStatic();
    }, interval_ms);
  }
}