query: new Examples Section - etag and if-none-match

httpwg · Feb 17, 2025 · 07a76d4 · 07a76d4
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@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ Accept: application/json
 HTTP/1.1 200 OK
 Content-Type: application/json
 Last-Modified: Sun, 17 November 2024, 16:12:01 GMT
+ETag: "42-1"
 Date: Sun, 17 November 2024, 16:13:17 GMT
 
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@@ -714,6 +715,15 @@ Date: Sun, 17 November 2024, 16:13:17 GMT
     "email": "camille.dubois@example.net" }
 ]
 </artwork>
+        <t>
+          Assuming no change in the query result, a subsequent conditional GET request with
+        </t>
+<artwork type="http-message">
+If-Non-Match: "42-1"
+</artwork>
+        <t>
+          would result in a 304 response ("Not Modified", <xref target="HTTP" section="15.4.5"/>).
+        </t>
         <t>
           Note that there's no guarantee that the server will implement this resource
           indefinitely, so, after an error response, the client would need to redo