creating a servable file from cache?

creating a servable file from cache?

by tim st.clair -
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I'm trying to to compile scss from my plugin that I can then serve somehow.

compiling the scss isn't much of a problem, I just followed how themes do it which was something like:

function compile_scss($scssraw) {
    $cache = cache::make('block_myplugin', 'scss'); // definition in the db/cache.php
    raise_memory_limit(MEMORY_EXTRA);
    \core_php_time_limit::raise(300);
    $cachedir = make_localcache_directory('scsscache-myplugin-scss', false);
    $cacheoptions = [];
    if (file_exists($cachedir)) {
        remove_dir($cachedir);
    }
    $compiler = new core_scss($cacheoptions);
    $compiler->append_raw_scss($scssraw);
    try {
        // Compile!
        $compiled = $compiler->to_css();
        // remove the previous cache
        $cache->delete($name);
        // minify and store
        $css = \core_minify::css($compiled);
        $cache->set($name, $css);
    } catch (\Exception $e) {
        $compiled = false;
        debugging('Error while compiling SCSS: ' . $e->getMessage(), DEBUG_DEVELOPER);
    }
    // Try to save memory.
    $compiler = null;
    unset($compiler);
    return $compiled;
}

the function does create a file down in moodledata/cache/cachestore_file/scsscache-myplugin-scss/... I'd like this to be stored in a cache and have an url that I can serve it from in runtime scripts. But how do I serve that file from the cache? I presume I need a proxy script in by plugin, but I'm not sure how to write that or where to find an example or documentation on such. Can anybody help out?

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