[6a3a178] | 1 | # fresh
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| 3 | [![NPM Version][npm-image]][npm-url]
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| 4 | [![NPM Downloads][downloads-image]][downloads-url]
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| 5 | [![Node.js Version][node-version-image]][node-version-url]
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| 6 | [![Build Status][travis-image]][travis-url]
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| 7 | [![Test Coverage][coveralls-image]][coveralls-url]
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| 8 |
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| 9 | HTTP response freshness testing
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| 10 |
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| 11 | ## Installation
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| 12 |
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| 13 | This is a [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) module available through the
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| 14 | [npm registry](https://www.npmjs.com/). Installation is done using the
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| 15 | [`npm install` command](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/installing-npm-packages-locally):
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| 16 |
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| 17 | ```
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| 18 | $ npm install fresh
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| 19 | ```
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| 20 |
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| 21 | ## API
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <!-- eslint-disable no-unused-vars -->
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| 24 |
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| 25 | ```js
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| 26 | var fresh = require('fresh')
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| 27 | ```
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| 28 |
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| 29 | ### fresh(reqHeaders, resHeaders)
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| 30 |
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| 31 | Check freshness of the response using request and response headers.
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| 32 |
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| 33 | When the response is still "fresh" in the client's cache `true` is
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| 34 | returned, otherwise `false` is returned to indicate that the client
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| 35 | cache is now stale and the full response should be sent.
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| 36 |
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| 37 | When a client sends the `Cache-Control: no-cache` request header to
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| 38 | indicate an end-to-end reload request, this module will return `false`
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| 39 | to make handling these requests transparent.
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| 40 |
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| 41 | ## Known Issues
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| 42 |
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| 43 | This module is designed to only follow the HTTP specifications, not
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| 44 | to work-around all kinda of client bugs (especially since this module
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| 45 | typically does not recieve enough information to understand what the
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| 46 | client actually is).
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| 47 |
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| 48 | There is a known issue that in certain versions of Safari, Safari
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| 49 | will incorrectly make a request that allows this module to validate
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| 50 | freshness of the resource even when Safari does not have a
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| 51 | representation of the resource in the cache. The module
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| 52 | [jumanji](https://www.npmjs.com/package/jumanji) can be used in
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| 53 | an Express application to work-around this issue and also provides
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| 54 | links to further reading on this Safari bug.
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| 55 |
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| 56 | ## Example
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| 57 |
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| 58 | ### API usage
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <!-- eslint-disable no-redeclare, no-undef -->
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| 61 |
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| 62 | ```js
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| 63 | var reqHeaders = { 'if-none-match': '"foo"' }
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| 64 | var resHeaders = { 'etag': '"bar"' }
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| 65 | fresh(reqHeaders, resHeaders)
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| 66 | // => false
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| 67 |
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| 68 | var reqHeaders = { 'if-none-match': '"foo"' }
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| 69 | var resHeaders = { 'etag': '"foo"' }
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| 70 | fresh(reqHeaders, resHeaders)
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| 71 | // => true
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| 72 | ```
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| 73 |
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| 74 | ### Using with Node.js http server
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| 75 |
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| 76 | ```js
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| 77 | var fresh = require('fresh')
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| 78 | var http = require('http')
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| 79 |
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| 80 | var server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
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| 81 | // perform server logic
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| 82 | // ... including adding ETag / Last-Modified response headers
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| 83 |
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| 84 | if (isFresh(req, res)) {
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| 85 | // client has a fresh copy of resource
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| 86 | res.statusCode = 304
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| 87 | res.end()
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| 88 | return
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| 89 | }
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| 90 |
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| 91 | // send the resource
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| 92 | res.statusCode = 200
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| 93 | res.end('hello, world!')
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| 94 | })
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| 95 |
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| 96 | function isFresh (req, res) {
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| 97 | return fresh(req.headers, {
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| 98 | 'etag': res.getHeader('ETag'),
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| 99 | 'last-modified': res.getHeader('Last-Modified')
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| 100 | })
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| 101 | }
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| 102 |
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| 103 | server.listen(3000)
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| 104 | ```
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| 105 |
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| 106 | ## License
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| 107 |
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| 108 | [MIT](LICENSE)
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| 109 |
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| 110 | [npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/fresh.svg
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| 111 | [npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/fresh
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| 112 | [node-version-image]: https://img.shields.io/node/v/fresh.svg
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| 113 | [node-version-url]: https://nodejs.org/en/
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| 114 | [travis-image]: https://img.shields.io/travis/jshttp/fresh/master.svg
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| 115 | [travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/jshttp/fresh
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| 116 | [coveralls-image]: https://img.shields.io/coveralls/jshttp/fresh/master.svg
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| 117 | [coveralls-url]: https://coveralls.io/r/jshttp/fresh?branch=master
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| 118 | [downloads-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/fresh.svg
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| 119 | [downloads-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/fresh
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