567604 – https://api.gentoo.org does not respect If-Modified-Since

Bug 567604 - https://api.gentoo.org does not respect If-Modified-Since

Summary: https://api.gentoo.org does not respect If-Modified-Since

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Infrastructure
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Other web server issues (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Infrastructure

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Reported:	2015-12-05 21:33 UTC by Michał Górny
Modified:	2015-12-05 21:54 UTC (History)
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Description Michał Górny archtester

2015-12-05 21:33:48 UTC

$ wget -N https://api.gentoo.org/packages/herds.xml
--2015-12-05 22:31:59--  https://api.gentoo.org/packages/herds.xml
Resolving api.gentoo.org (api.gentoo.org)... 89.16.167.134, 2001:41c8:0:936::136, 2001:41c8:0:936::139
Connecting to api.gentoo.org (api.gentoo.org)|89.16.167.134|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Server ignored If-Modified-Since header for file 'herds.xml'.
You might want to add --no-if-modified-since option.


I really think we should respect If-Modified-Since on api.g.o, to provide a clean and bandwidth-efficient way of retrieving new data.