How to avoid 504 Gateway Timeout with Laravel mass insert? - php

Question

Connections can have 1,000 - 10,000 items passed to it. I keep getting a 504 when trying to hit this controller, I've changed it from individual Create to mass Insert (one query) but it still throws a 504 if connections are higher than 1000.
How can I improve this code to not throw a 504? I don't really want to expend that time from 60 seconds.
The function that takes the longest is storeConnections
<?php
declare(strict_types = 1);
namespace App\Http\Controllers\Api\Cache;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Http\Requests\StoreCacheItemRequest;
use App\Models\CacheConnection;
use App\Models\CacheItem;
use App\Models\CacheMedia;
use App\Models\QueueItem;
use App\Models\QueueItemFailed;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class StoreController extends Controller
{
public function __invoke(StoreCacheItemRequest $request)
{
if (CacheItem::where('item', $request->get('item'))->exists())
{
return response()->json([
'error' => 'Cache item ' . $request->get('item') . ' already exists.'
], 500);
}
$cache = CacheItem::create([
'item' => $request->get('item'),
'name' => $request->get('name'),
'picture' => $request->get('picture'),
'description' => $request->get('description'),
'connection_count' => $request->get('connection_count'),
'is_private' => $request->get('is_private'),
'has_snap' => $request->get('has_snap', false),
'additional_data' => $request->get('additional_data'),
'type_id' => $request->get('type_id'),
]);
if ($request->has('connections')) {
$this->storeConnections($request->get('connections'), $cache->id);
}
if ($request->has('pictures')) {
$this->storeMedia($request->get('pictures'), $cache->id);
}
}
private function storeConnections($connections, $cacheId)
{
$connectionData = [];
foreach ($connections as $item) {
$queryData[] = [
'cache_id' => $cacheId,
'item' => $item
];
}
CacheConnection::insert($connectionData);
$queueData = [];
foreach ($queryData as $item) {
if (!QueueItem::where('item', $item)->exists() &&
!QueueItemFailed::where('item', $item)->exists() &&
!CacheItem::where('item', $item)->exists())
{
$queueData[] = [
'item' => $item,
];
}
}
Queue::insert($queueData);
}
private function storeMedia($media, $cacheId)
{
foreach ($media as $item) {
CacheMedia::create([
'cache_id' => $cacheId,
'item' => $item
]);
}
}
}