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Caching

Headers that tell an intermediary what it may store and for how long. The oldest, best-specified corner of HTTP, and the one API providers most routinely ignore.

16 headers, ordered by how many providers in the catalog declare them.

Cache-Control 109 providers regulated 3 spellings

The oldest well-specified corner of HTTP, routinely ignored by API providers, and carrying a technical-safeguards obligation on responses with personal data.

Expires 20 providers 2 spellings

The Expires HTTP header — caching, RFC 9111, declared by 20 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

Pragma 17 providers 2 spellings

The Pragma HTTP header — caching, RFC 9111, declared by 17 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

Vary 12 providers 2 spellings

The Vary HTTP header — caching, RFC 9110, declared by 12 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

Surrogate-Control 1 providers

The Surrogate-Control HTTP header — caching, declared by 1 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

Age 1 providers

The Age HTTP header — caching, RFC 9111, declared by 1 providers in the API Evangelist catalog.

Warning

The Warning HTTP header — caching, RFC 9111, not observed in the catalog.

Surrogate-Capability

The Surrogate-Capability HTTP header — caching, not observed in the catalog.

Refresh

The Refresh HTTP header — caching, not observed in the catalog.

Meter

The Meter HTTP header — caching, RFC 2227, not observed in the catalog.

Memento-Datetime

The Memento-Datetime HTTP header — caching, RFC 7089, not observed in the catalog.

CDN-Cache-Control

The CDN-Cache-Control HTTP header — caching, RFC 9213, not observed in the catalog.

Cache-Status

The Cache-Status HTTP header — caching, RFC 9211, not observed in the catalog.

Cache-Groups

The Cache-Groups HTTP header — caching, RFC 9875, not observed in the catalog.

Cache-Group-Invalidation

The Cache-Group-Invalidation HTTP header — caching, RFC 9875, not observed in the catalog.

AMP-Cache-Transform

The AMP-Cache-Transform HTTP header — caching, not observed in the catalog.