mixtape/zero.Api/Filters/DisableBrowserCacheFilter.cs

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Filters;
using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;

namespace zero.Api.Controllers;

/// <summary>
/// Ensures that the request is not cached by the browser
/// </summary>
public class DisableBrowserCacheFilterAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute
{
  public override void OnResultExecuting(ResultExecutingContext context)
  {
    base.OnResultExecuting(context);

    var httpResponse = context.HttpContext.Response;

    if (httpResponse.StatusCode != 200) return;

    httpResponse.GetTypedHeaders().CacheControl =
        new CacheControlHeaderValue()
        {
          NoCache = true,
          MaxAge = TimeSpan.Zero,
          MustRevalidate = true,
          NoStore = true
        };

    httpResponse.Headers[HeaderNames.LastModified] = DateTime.Now.ToString("R"); // Format RFC1123
    httpResponse.Headers[HeaderNames.Pragma] = "no-cache";
    httpResponse.Headers[HeaderNames.Expires] = new DateTime(1990, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0).ToString("R");
  }
}