Reduce bitstream authorization requests #5028
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Description
This PR reduces the number of calls made to the REST API by executing certain authorization requests only conditionally when the normal download is not possible to the user. This improves the performance for items with a large number of bitstreams and a large pagesize (>=50), as can be seen in a graph below.
Instructions for Reviewers
Currently the response time is slow for items with a large number of bitstreams. The current workaround are small pageSizes for the item's bitstreams. However, from a UX standpoint it would be nice to be able to show a larger list of bitstreams to the users, especially in the case of uploaded research data.
How to test this PR:
item.bitstream.pageSizeto 50 (or more)Here is a comparison of the reponse time of an item page, varied in the page size:

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