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

No need for new Date().getTime() shenanigans. You can trick the browser by having an invisible dummy image and using jQuery .load(), then creating a new image each time: