Thanks for the tip, that does the trick for now. I filed this as well: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=27661
Colin Aaron Boodman wrote: > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Colin Bleckner <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have a very simple content script that current grabs a remote >> Javascript file and inserts it into the current page*. Unfortunately, >> Chrome seems to aggressively cache that file. For testing, my remote >> file is as simple as "alert('loaded');". If I close Chrome and change >> the alert to something else (like "alert('new loaded');"), and then >> start Chrome again, it continues to show the old alert message. The >> only way I can get Chrome to load the new file is to clear my cache >> through the settings. >> >> Is there a way I can get Chrome to not cache that file as aggressively >> as it is right now? >> > > That sounds like a bug, but the classic work around is to append a > unique token to the URL, like: > > req.open("GET", "http://someserver.com/blah/foo.js?r="; + new > Date().getTime(), false); > > - a > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-extensions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=.
