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HTTP response freshness testing | |
## Installation | |
This is a [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) module available through the | |
[npm registry](https://www.npmjs.com/). Installation is done using the | |
[`npm install` command](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/installing-npm-packages-locally): | |
``` | |
$ npm install fresh | |
``` | |
## API | |
<!-- eslint-disable no-unused-vars --> | |
```js | |
var fresh = require('fresh') | |
``` | |
### fresh(reqHeaders, resHeaders) | |
Check freshness of the response using request and response headers. | |
When the response is still "fresh" in the client's cache `true` is | |
returned, otherwise `false` is returned to indicate that the client | |
cache is now stale and the full response should be sent. | |
When a client sends the `Cache-Control: no-cache` request header to | |
indicate an end-to-end reload request, this module will return `false` | |
to make handling these requests transparent. | |
## Known Issues | |
This module is designed to only follow the HTTP specifications, not | |
to work-around all kinda of client bugs (especially since this module | |
typically does not recieve enough information to understand what the | |
client actually is). | |
There is a known issue that in certain versions of Safari, Safari | |
will incorrectly make a request that allows this module to validate | |
freshness of the resource even when Safari does not have a | |
representation of the resource in the cache. The module | |
[jumanji](https://www.npmjs.com/package/jumanji) can be used in | |
an Express application to work-around this issue and also provides | |
links to further reading on this Safari bug. | |
## Example | |
### API usage | |
<!-- eslint-disable no-redeclare, no-undef --> | |
```js | |
var reqHeaders = { 'if-none-match': '"foo"' } | |
var resHeaders = { 'etag': '"bar"' } | |
fresh(reqHeaders, resHeaders) | |
// => false | |
var reqHeaders = { 'if-none-match': '"foo"' } | |
var resHeaders = { 'etag': '"foo"' } | |
fresh(reqHeaders, resHeaders) | |
// => true | |
``` | |
### Using with Node.js http server | |
```js | |
var fresh = require('fresh') | |
var http = require('http') | |
var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) { | |
// perform server logic | |
// ... including adding ETag / Last-Modified response headers | |
if (isFresh(req, res)) { | |
// client has a fresh copy of resource | |
res.statusCode = 304 | |
res.end() | |
return | |
} | |
// send the resource | |
res.statusCode = 200 | |
res.end('hello, world!') | |
}) | |
function isFresh (req, res) { | |
return fresh(req.headers, { | |
'etag': res.getHeader('ETag'), | |
'last-modified': res.getHeader('Last-Modified') | |
}) | |
} | |
server.listen(3000) | |
``` | |
## License | |
[MIT](LICENSE) | |
[npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/fresh.svg | |
[npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/fresh | |
[node-version-image]: https://img.shields.io/node/v/fresh.svg | |
[node-version-url]: https://nodejs.org/en/ | |
[travis-image]: https://img.shields.io/travis/jshttp/fresh/master.svg | |
[travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/jshttp/fresh | |
[coveralls-image]: https://img.shields.io/coveralls/jshttp/fresh/master.svg | |
[coveralls-url]: https://coveralls.io/r/jshttp/fresh?branch=master | |
[downloads-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/fresh.svg | |
[downloads-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/fresh | |