cache-header

Get and set the response cache header

Install

npm install cache-header --save

Usage

var express = require('express');
var cacheHeader = require('cache-header');
 
var app = express();
 
app.use(function (req, res, next) {
  // Sets Cache-Control header to public, max-age=10000
  cacheHeader(res, 10000);
  next();
});
 
app.listen(3000, function () {
  
});

cacheHeader(responseObject, headerValue)

• responseObject - the response object passed through by Node
• headerValue - value to set the header to. Can be the following types:
  • false - sets value to no-cache
  • number - a number or a parseable string. Sets header to public, max-age={number}
  • string - sets the header to whatever the string is

Run Tests

npm install
npm test