NAME
Plack::Middleware::ETag - Adds automatically an ETag header.
SYNOPSIS
use Plack::Builder;
my $app = builder {
enable "Plack::Middleware::ETag", file_etag => [qw/mtime size/];
sub {['200', ['Content-Type' => 'text/html'}, ['hello world']]};
};
DESCRIPTION
Plack::Middleware::ETag adds automatically an ETag header. You may want to use it with Plack::Middleware::ConditionalGET.
my $app = builder {
enable "Plack::Middleware::ConditionalGET";
enable "Plack::Middleware::ETag", file_etag => [qw/mtime size/];
sub {['200', ['Content-Type' => 'text/html'}, ['hello world']]};
};
RECENT CHANGES
Changes for version 0.06 (2026-10-18)
- Security
- The inode is no longer used for generated the ETag by default. (CVE-2026-111946)
- Bump minimum version of Digest::SHA to 5.96.
- Incompatabilities
- Minimum version is Perl v5.14.
- Documentation
- Updated with new maintainer.
- Added security policy.
- Documented the file_etag supported attributes.
- Toolchain
- Static install.
- Distributions signed with sigstore.
- Note that the git repository and bugtracker have moved.
- Updated Dist::Zilla configuration for RRWO's preferences.
See the Changes file for more details.
REQUIREMENTS
This module lists the following modules as runtime dependencies:
- Digest::SHA version 5.96 or later
- Plack::Middleware
- Plack::Util
- Plack::Util::Accessor
- parent
- perl version v5.14.0 or later
- warnings
See the cpanfile file for the full list of prerequisites.
INSTALLATION
The latest version of this module (along with any dependencies) can be installed from CPAN with the cpan tool that is included with Perl:
cpan Plack::Middleware::ETag
You can also extract the distribution archive and install this module (along with any dependencies):
cpan .
You can also install this module manually using the following commands:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
If you are working with the source repository, then it may not have a Makefile.PL file. But you can use the Dist::Zilla tool in anger to build and install this module:
dzil build
dzil test
dzil install --install-command="cpan ."
For more information, see How to install CPAN modules.
SUPPORT
Only the latest version of this module will be supported.
This module requires Perl v5.14 or later. Future releases may only support Perl versions released in the last ten (10) years.
Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://github.com/robrwo/perl-Plack-Middleware-ETag/issues
When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.
Reporting Security Vulnerabilities
If the bug you are reporting has security implications which make it inappropriate to send to a public issue tracker,
then see SECURITY.md for instructions how to report security vulnerabilities.
SOURCE
The development version is on github at https://github.com/robrwo/perl-Plack-Middleware-ETag and may be cloned from https://github.com/robrwo/perl-Plack-Middleware-ETag.git
AUTHORS
- Franck Cuny franckcuny@gmail.com
- Robert Rothenberg perl@rhizomnic.com
CONTRIBUTOR
Leo Lapworth leo@cuckoo.org
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2015, 2026 by Franck Cuny.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.