webflow-performance-tuning

# Webflow Performance Tuning ## Overview Optimize Webflow Data API v2 performance. Key insight: **CDN-cached requests to live items have no rate limits** — use the Content Delivery API for read-heavy workloads and reserve write API calls for mutations. ## Prerequisites - `webflow-api` SDK installed - Understanding of your read/write ratio - Redis or in-memory cache (optional) ## Webflow Performance Characteristics | Operation | Typical Latency | Rate Limited | Cacheable | |-----------|----------------|--------------|-----------| | Live items (CDN) | 5-50ms | No | Yes (CDN) | | Staged items | 50-200ms | Yes | Application cache | | Create/update item | 100-300ms | Yes | No | | Bulk create (100) | 200-500ms | Yes (1 count) | No | | Site publish | 500-2000ms | 1/min | No | | List collections | 50-150ms | Yes | Application cache | **Key optimization: CDN-cached live item reads do not count against rate limits.** ## Instructions ### Strategy 1: Use Content Delivery API for Reads ```typescript // For published content that visitors see, use live item endpoints. // These are served by Webflow's CDN and have no rate limits. async function getPublishedContent(collectionId: string) { // CDN-cached — fast, no rate limit const { items } = await webflow.collections.items.listItemsLive(collectionId, { limit: 100, }); return items; } // Single live item — also CDN-cached async function getPublishedItem(collectionId: string, itemId: string) { return webflow.collectio...