asp.net mvc disable browser cache

Question

I am looking for method to disable Browser Cache for entire ASP.Net MVC Website

I found following method,

Response.Cache.SetCacheability(System.Web.HttpCacheability.NoCache);
Response.Cache.SetNoStore();

and also meta tag method, ( It wont work for me , since some MVC Actions send partial html/json through ajax, without head,meta tag )

<meta http-equiv="PRAGMA" content="NO-CACHE">

But i am looking for simple method, to disable browser cache for entire website.

Answer 1

HttpContext.Current.Response.Cache.SetExpires(DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(-1))
HttpContext.Current.Response.Cache.SetValidUntilExpires(false)
HttpContext.Current.Response.Cache.SetRevalidation(HttpCacheRevalidation.AllCaches)
HttpContext.Current.Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache)
HttpContext.Current.Response.Cache.SetNoStore()

All requests get routed through default.aspx first - so assuming you can just pop in code behind there.

Answer 2

Create a class that inherits from IActionFilter.

public class NoCache : ActionFilterAttribute, IActionFilter
{  
    public override void OnResultExecuting(ResultExecutingContext filterContext)
    {
        filterContext.HttpContext.Response.Cache.SetExpires(DateTime.UtcNow.AddDays(-1));
        filterContext.HttpContext.Response.Cache.SetValidUntilExpires(false);
        filterContext.HttpContext.Response.Cache.SetRevalidation(HttpCacheRevalidation.AllCaches);
        filterContext.HttpContext.Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);
        filterContext.HttpContext.Response.Cache.SetNoStore();

        base.OnResultExecuting(filterContext);
    }

    public override void OnResultExecuted(ResultExecutedContext filterContext)
    {
        base.OnResultExecuted(filterContext);
    }
}

Then put attributes where needed...

[NoCache]
[HandleError]
public class AccountController : Controller
{
    [NoCache]
    [Authorize()]
    public ActionResult ChangePassword()
    {
        return View();
    }
}