Bypassing http response header Cache-Control: how to set cache expiration?

Question

All http responses from a server come with the headers that inform our app not to cache the responses:

Cache-Control: no-cache
Pragma: no-cache
Expires: 0
         


        

Answer 1

If somebody would be interested, here is Stephanus answer rewritten in Swift:

class CustomURLCache: NSURLCache {

    // UserInfo expires key
    let kUrlCacheExpiresKey = "CacheData";

    // How long is cache data valid in seconds
    let kCacheExpireInterval:NSTimeInterval = 60*60*24*5;

    // get cache response for a request
    override func cachedResponseForRequest(request:NSURLRequest) -> NSCachedURLResponse? {
        // create empty response
        var response:NSCachedURLResponse? = nil

        // try to get cache response
        if let cachedResponse = super.cachedResponseForRequest(request) {

            // try to get userInfo
            if let userInfo = cachedResponse.userInfo {

                // get cache date
                if let cacheDate = userInfo[kUrlCacheExpiresKey] as NSDate? {

                    // check if the cache data are expired
                    if (cacheDate.timeIntervalSinceNow < -kCacheExpireInterval) {
                        // remove old cache request
                        self.removeCachedResponseForRequest(request);
                    } else {
                        // the cache request is still valid
                        response = cachedResponse
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        return response;
    }

    // store cached response
    override func storeCachedResponse(cachedResponse: NSCachedURLResponse, forRequest: NSURLRequest) {
        // create userInfo dictionary
        var userInfo = NSMutableDictionary()
        if let cachedUserInfo = cachedResponse.userInfo {
            userInfo = NSMutableDictionary(dictionary:cachedUserInfo)
        }
        // add current date to the UserInfo
        userInfo[kUrlCacheExpiresKey] = NSDate()

        // create new cached response
        let newCachedResponse = NSCachedURLResponse(response:cachedResponse.response, data:cachedResponse.data, userInfo:userInfo,storagePolicy:cachedResponse.storagePolicy)
        super.storeCachedResponse(newCachedResponse, forRequest:forRequest)

    }

}