How can I force [removed] to make an HTTP request instead of using the cache?

Question

In my web application I am setting window.location to navigate to a different page, but for some reason Firefox shows an old version of that page.

Usin

Answer 1

You have to validate if there is any existing query parameter in the url. If any query parameter exist, you should append the timestamp using "&". I have written a quick snippet that might be of your help.

window.newLocation = function( location ) {
    var newLocation = ( typeof location === "string" ) ? location : window.location.href,
       appendType = ( newLocation.indexOf("?") < 0 ) ? "?" : "&";
    window.location = newLocation + appendType + "_t=" + (new Date()).getTime();
}

Usage:

newLocation("index.html") or window.newLocation("index.html") 
// opens "index.html?_t="

newLocation("index.html?existingQuery=true") or window.newLocation("index.html?existingQuery=true") 
// opens "index.html?existingQuery=true&_t=

You could further modify the snippet to remove exiting timestamp in the query parameter to avoid duplication