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| # fresh | |
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| [![NPM Downloads][downloads-image]][downloads-url] | |
| [![Node.js Version][node-version-image]][node-version-url] | |
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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 | |