| # fresh |
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| HTTP response freshness testing |
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| ## Installation |
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| 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 |
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| <!-- eslint-disable no-unused-vars --> |
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| ```js |
| var fresh = require('fresh') |
| ``` |
| |
| ### fresh(reqHeaders, resHeaders) |
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| Check freshness of the response using request and response headers. |
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| 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. |
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| 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). |
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| 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. |
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| ## Example |
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| ### API usage |
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| <!-- eslint-disable no-redeclare, no-undef --> |
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| ```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') |
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| 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!') |
| }) |
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| function isFresh (req, res) { |
| return fresh(req.headers, { |
| 'etag': res.getHeader('ETag'), |
| 'last-modified': res.getHeader('Last-Modified') |
| }) |
| } |
| |
| server.listen(3000) |
| ``` |
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| ## License |
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| [MIT](LICENSE) |
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| [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 |