How to clear the cache of HttpWebRequest

Question

I am developing against a proprietary library and I\'m experiencing some issues with the cache of the HttpWebRequest. The library is using code equivalent to th

Answer 1

public static WebResponse GetResponseNoCache(Uri uri)
{
        // Set a default policy level for the "http:" and "https" schemes.
        HttpRequestCachePolicy policy = new HttpRequestCachePolicy(HttpRequestCacheLevel.Default);
        HttpWebRequest.DefaultCachePolicy = policy;
        // Create the request.
        WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(uri);
        // Define a cache policy for this request only. 
        HttpRequestCachePolicy noCachePolicy = new HttpRequestCachePolicy(HttpRequestCacheLevel.NoCacheNoStore);
        request.CachePolicy = noCachePolicy;
        WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
        Console.WriteLine("IsFromCache? {0}", response.IsFromCache);            
        return response;
}

You can set the Cache Policy to the request to NoCacheNoStore to the HttpWebRequest.