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HTTPCache

What Is This Enum?​

A string enum representing Fetch API RequestInit.cache values. It configures how a request interacts with the browser's HTTP cache.

Values​

NameValueDescription
NO_CACHE'no-cache'Revalidates a stored response with the server before using it.
NO_STORE'no-store'Does not read from the cache or store the response in it.
RELOAD'reload'Does not read from the cache and updates it with the server response.
FORCE_CACHE'force-cache'Prefers a cached response.
ONLY_IF_CACHED'only-if-cached'Uses only a response that already exists in the cache.
DEFAULT'default'Uses the runtime's default HTTP cache behavior.

Example​

import { dench, HTTPCache } from 'dench-fetch';

const users = await dench('https://api.example.com')
  .get('/users')
  .cache(HTTPCache.NO_CACHE)
  .toJson();

// RequestInit: { method: 'GET', cache: 'no-cache' }