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If it is easy to generate a unique identifier that always changes when the response changes you can use that as an ETag identifier. This is done using the [[ETag Header]]:
If it is easy to generate a unique identifier that always changes when the response changes you can use that as an ETag identifier. This is done using the [[ETag Header]]:


  ETag: W/"my-unique-identifier"
ETag: W/"my-unique-identifier"
  Cache-Control: public,maxage=5,must-revalidate
Cache-Control: public,maxage=5,must-revalidate


This example will ask the cache to keep serving this response to requests coming in in the next 5 seconds. If a matching request comes in after the five seconds the cache will check whether it still has the last version using the [[If-None-Match header]].
This example will ask the cache to keep serving this response to requests coming in in the next 5 seconds. If a matching request comes in after the five seconds the cache will check whether it still has the last version using the [[If-None-Match header]].
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* Don't put data that changes independently into the same request. Instead use a resource that returns [[URL | URLs]] to the child requests and leverage HTTP2 and caching.
* Don't put data that changes independently into the same request. Instead use a resource that returns [[URL | URLs]] to the child requests and leverage HTTP2 and caching.
* Instead of disabling caching, set the <code>maxage</code> to a low value like 5 seconds.
* Instead of disabling caching, set the <code>maxage</code> to a low value like 5 seconds.
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