Refresh image with a new one at the same url

Question

I am accessing a link on my site that will provide a new image each time it is accessed.

The issue I am running into is that if I try to load the image in the backgr

Answer 1

I solved this problem by sending the data back through a servlet.

response.setContentType("image/png");
response.setHeader("Pragma", "no-cache");
response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache, must-revalidate");
response.setDateHeader("Expires", 0);

BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(new File(imageFileName));

ImageIO.write(img, "png", response.getOutputStream());

Then from the page you just give it the servlet with some params to grab the correct image file.