[whatwg] element "img" with HTTP POST method

• From: Martin Janecke <whatwg.org@kaor.in>
• Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:42:26 +0100
• Message-ID: <B0D1A3CE-9485-4C3E-98FB-847FF61C33B2@kaor.in>

Am 09.12.2010 um 20:04 schrieb Ashley Sheridan:

> [...] If
> images are called with POST data, then that would prevent them being
> cached, which can be done with GET as GET isn't meant to change any
> state on the server, meaning potentially a lot more traffic [...]

As I understand http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec9.html#sec9.5 POST data can be cached, if "the response includes appropriate Cache-Control or Expires header fields". If reducing traffic is in the interest of the provider of the image service (and it will almost always be), they'll use such headers, I think.

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