How can I force clients to refresh JavaScript files?

Question

We are currently working in a private beta and so are still in the process of making fairly rapid changes, although obviously as usage is starting to ramp up, we will be slo

Answer 1

You can add file version to your file name so it will be like:

https://www.example.com/script_fv25.js

fv25 => file version nr. 25

And in your .htaccess put this block which will delete the version part from link:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule (.*)_fv\d+\.(js|css|txt|jpe?g|png|svg|ico|gif) $1.$2 [L]

so the final link will be:

https://www.example.com/script.js