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If-Unmodified-Since

Summary

Makes a request conditional on having a certain last-modified timestamp, used to prevent “lost updates” when modifying resources.

Overview table

Direction
Request

Features
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Syntax

If-Unmodified-Since = HTTP-date

Examples

If-Unmodified-Since: Sat, 29 Oct 1994 19:43:31 GMT

Related specifications

RFC7232: HTTP/1.1 Conditional Requests
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