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# fresh
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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 -->
```jsvar 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` isreturned, otherwise `false` is returned to indicate that the clientcache is now stale and the full response should be sent.
When a client sends the `Cache-Control: no-cache` request header toindicate 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, notto work-around all kinda of client bugs (especially since this moduletypically does not recieve enough information to understand what theclient actually is).
There is a known issue that in certain versions of Safari, Safariwill incorrectly make a request that allows this module to validatefreshness of the resource even when Safari does not have arepresentation of the resource in the cache. The module[jumanji](https://www.npmjs.com/package/jumanji) can be used inan Express application to work-around this issue and also provideslinks to further reading on this Safari bug.
## Example
### API usage
<!-- eslint-disable no-redeclare, no-undef -->
```jsvar 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
```jsvar 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)
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