W3cubDocs

/HTTP

Service-Worker-Navigation-Preload

The Service-Worker-Navigation-Preload request header indicates that the request was the result of a fetch() operation made during service worker navigation preloading. It allows a server to respond with a different resource than for a normal fetch().

If a different response may result from setting this header, the server must set Vary: Service-Worker-Navigation-Preload to ensure that the different responses are cached.

For more information see NavigationPreloadManager.setHeaderValue() (and NavigationPreloadManager).

Header type	Request header
Forbidden header name	no

Syntax

Service-Worker-Navigation-Preload: <value>

Directives

<value>: An arbitrary value that indicates what data should be sent in the response to the preload request. This defaults to true. It maybe set to any other string value in the service worker, using NavigationPreloadManager.setHeaderValue().

Examples

The header below is sent by default.

Service-Worker-Navigation-Preload: true

The service worker can set a different header value using NavigationPreloadManager.setHeaderValue(). For example, in order to request that a fragment of the requested resource be returned in JSON format, the value could be set with the string json_fragment1.

Service-Worker-Navigation-Preload: json_fragment1

Specifications

Specification
Service Workers # handle-fetch

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`Service-Worker-Navigation-Preload`	59	18	97 preview	No	46	15.4	59	59	No	43	15.4	7.0

© 2005–2022 MDN contributors.
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Service-Worker-Navigation-Preload