Caching of (fake) static content which is actually dynamic on GAE for Python

Question

In my GAE app I have the following handler in app.yaml:

- url: /lang/strings.js
  script: js_lang.py

So a call to /lang/strings.js

Answer 1

Have a look at Static serving blog post by Nick.

There's everything you need to know about Conditional request and how to properly get and set the correct HTTP headers:

• Http Request header handling (If-Modified-Since,If-None-Match)
• Http Response headers handling (Last-Modified, ETag)