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Digg API - Can’t Bust the Cache

June 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments

It’s often a requirement for an Ajax app to “bust the cache”, i.e. call a service and ensure its response comes direct and not from a cache. For all the talk of fancy header techniques, the easiest way to do it is by appending an arbitrary parameter, typically a random number and/or a timestamp i.e. […]

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