AFNetworking - do not cache response

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I'm using this code to pull a simple JSON feed from a server:

AFHTTPRequestOperationManager *manager = [AFHTTPRequestOperationManager manager];
    manager.responseSerializer = [AFJSONResponseSerializer serializer];

[manager GET:kDataUrl parameters:nil
 success:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, id responseObject) {
     NSLog(@"response: %@", responseObject);
 }
 failure:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, NSError *error) {
     NSLog(@"JSON DataError: %@", error);
 }];

It works. However, after I change the JSON file at kDataUrl, and verify that the change is made in a browser, when I run the app again, I still get the previous response.

It seems that AFNetworking is somehow caching the old response. I do not want this behavior. I want to download the current feed. Is there some kind of setting or parameter I need to set to turn off caching?

did you solve this? I can't find something to set cache policy in AFHTTPRequestOperationManager — laucel, Jan 10 '14 at 09:57
I cover caching in AFNetworking in this blog post - AFImageCache & NSURLCache. Maybe you will find it use flu : http://blog.originate.com/blog/2014/02/20/afimagecache-vs-nsurlcache/ — vfxdrummer, Mar 14 '14 at 18:45
try like this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33767908/volunteermatch-api-objective-c/33886449#33886449 — Vvk, Feb 19 '16 at 16:31

score 61 · Accepted Answer · answered May 12 '14 at 08:56

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Make long story short, just define your AFNetworking manager:

AFHTTPRequestOperationManager *manager = [AFHTTPRequestOperationManager manager];
[manager.requestSerializer setCachePolicy:NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData];

Enjoy!

answered May 12 '14 at 08:56

gran33

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There is no such method named setCachePolicy for AFNetworking. Could you please make it more clear? – Aswin Sathyan Jul 09 '15 at 08:50
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With the new AFNetworking library versions you can set this to url session configuration object. `NSURLSessionConfiguration *configuration = [NSURLSessionConfiguration defaultSessionConfiguration]; configuration.requestCachePolicy = NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData;` – dishan Feb 29 '16 at 05:15

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 23 '13 at 19:17

What you are experiencing is the effect of the URL cache (see NSURLCache).

The caching behavior of the request can be defined by setting a "Cache Policy" for the NSMutableURLRequest object, e.g.:

NSMutableURLRequest* request = ...;
[request setCachePolicy: myCachePolicy];

The default caching behavior (NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy) is appropriate for the current protocol, which is HTTP. And for the HTTP protocol, a GET requests will be cached by default!

And, AFNetworking does not change the default behavior of the request!

Now, you could set another cache policy, for example:

NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData

Specifies that the data for the URL load should be loaded from the originating source. No existing cache data should be used to satisfy a URL load request.

This is likely the desired behavior you want to achieve:

[request setCachePolicy: NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData];

The problem here is, that the super "convenient" API does not provide a way to configure the URL cache behavior of the request. You cannot access the used request at all.

Thus, I would suggest to use a lower level API where you have control about the created NSMutableURLRequest object, and set the cache policy accordingly.

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 19 '16 at 16:48

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Just do:

manager.requestSerializer.cachePolicy = NSURLRequestCachePolicyReturnCacheDataElseLoad

edited Feb 19 '16 at 16:48

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answered Feb 19 '16 at 16:27

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 27 '16 at 00:45

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For Swift poeple

let manager = AFHTTPSessionManager()
manager.requestSerializer.cachePolicy = NSURLRequestCachePolicy.ReloadIgnoringCacheData

answered Feb 27 '16 at 00:45

AITAALI_ABDERRAHMANE

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 22 '16 at 12:05

With AFNetworking 3:

NSURLSessionConfiguration *sessionConfiguration = [NSURLSessionConfiguration defaultSessionConfiguration];
sessionConfiguration.requestCachePolicy = NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData;

AFHTTPSessionManager *manager = [[AFHTTPSessionManager alloc] initWithBaseURL:baseURL
                                                         sessionConfiguration:sessionConfiguration];

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 02 '17 at 17:05

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try to add some rubbish at the end of your URL (for example, timestamp)

kDataUrl = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@?%f", kDataUrl, [NSDate timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate]];

In this case, you would request fresh data every time. That works for me))

answered Feb 02 '17 at 17:05

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 14 '17 at 21:12

AFHTTPRequestOperationManager *manager = [AFHTTPRequestOperationManager manager];
[manager.requestSerializer setValue:@"no-store" forHTTPHeaderField:@"Cache-Control"];
[manager.requestSerializer setCachePolicy:NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData];

Adding the Cache-Control:no-store header to the request, assuming your server is implemented correctly, will return a response with the same header thus disabling NSURLCache disk cache for any request that contains this header.

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Nov 23 '13 at 20:48

I don't feel good about it, but here is what works. In the AppDelegate didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:

NSURLCache *sharedCache = [[NSURLCache alloc] initWithMemoryCapacity:0
                                                            diskCapacity:0
                                                                diskPath:nil];
    [NSURLCache setSharedURLCache:sharedCache];

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