ETag  

The ETag header provides the entity tag for the entity contained in the message. An entity tag is basically a way of identifying a resource.

Entity tags and their relationship to resources are discussed in detail in Chapter 15.

Type

Entity header

Basic Syntax

ETag: entity-tag

Examples

ETag: "11e92a-457b-31345aa"

ETag: W/"11e92a-457b-3134b5aa"

 


Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)