API Design · Junior · Question 46 of 75

What is an `ETag`?

✓Correct answer: An identifier of a specific version of a resource, used for conditional requests and caching
2An encryption tag
3An error tag in JSON

Explanation

A client sends If-None-Match: <etag>; if nothing changed, the server replies 304 Not Modified without a body.

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