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Cache API (global scope)

Category
Offline / Storage
Type
New or changed feature
Status
Enabled by default (Chrome 43)
Intent stage
None

Summary

The Cache API allows authors to fully and conveniently manage their content caches for offline use. An origin can have multiple, named Cache objects. This API is already available in a Service Worker context. This entry is to make it available globally (=> accessible from a document context).

Standards & signals

Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Cache https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CacheStorage

Samples: https://github.com/GoogleChrome/samples/tree/gh-pages/service-worker/window-caches

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