Output caching for an ApiController (MVC4 Web API)

Question

I\'m trying to cache the output of an ApiController method in Web API.

Here\'s the controller code:

public class TestController : ApiController
{
            


        

Answer 1

You could use this on a regular MVC Controller:

[OutputCache(Duration = 10, VaryByParam = "none", Location = OutputCacheLocation.Any)]
public string Get()
{
    HttpContext.Current.Response.Cache.SetOmitVaryStar(true);
    return System.DateTime.Now.ToString();
}

but OutputCache attribute is in System.Web.Mvc namespace and not available in an ApiController.