javascript - Caching dynamically loaded images

I'm using javascript to dynamically load any of a series of images into a single img tag, based on user interaction:

function reassignImage(newSource)
{
   img.src = newSource;
}

This works great, except that I when I inspect it with Chrome developer tools, I see that even if I reload an image I've already loaded, it makes another http call AND grows the total Images Size graph.

This seems like the worst of both worlds. I would want either:

To load from cache if the image were the same.
To reload each image everytime, but then not grow the cache.

How would I achieve either scenario?

Thanks! Yarin

I'm using javascript to dynamically load any of a series of images into a single img tag, based on user interaction:

function reassignImage(newSource)
{
   img.src = newSource;
}

This seems like the worst of both worlds. I would want either:

To load from cache if the image were the same.
To reload each image everytime, but then not grow the cache.

How would I achieve either scenario?

Thanks! Yarin

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What's the cache-control header set to in the http response for the image? (Chrome developer tools will show you). If it's not set to be cacheable, it will get refetched.

This will pre-load an image so that the browser can display it immediately when you actually set the src of an img tag. I speculate that pre-loading an image like this will ensure it's in the cache so it won't reload, though I haven't tested it.

var myImg = new Image(25, 25);
myImg.src = "/foobar.png";

In other words, this should now hopefully only download two images

function reassignImage(newSource) {
    var myImg = new Image(25, 25);
    myImg.src = newSource;
    img.src = newSource;
}

reassignImage("first.png");
reassignImage("second.png");
reassignImage("first.png");

Edit

I was doing it wrong. Try creating a new Image() for every new file the user loads. Swap these image elements in and out of the dom.

<html>
  <head>
    <script>
    var imageElements = {};
    function reassignImage(newSource) {
      if (typeof imageElements[newSource] == "undefined") {
        imageElements[newSource] = new Image();
        imageElements[newSource].src = newSource;
      }
      var container = document.getElementById("imageContainer");
      container.innerHTML = '';
      container.appendChild(imageElements[newSource]);
    }
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="imageContainer"></div>
  </body>
</html>

Technically you can set it this way in .htaccess file:

# Set up caching on images for 1 month
<FilesMatch "\.(jpg|jpeg|png|ico|gif)$">
ExpiresDefault A2419200
</FilesMatch>

If you would like with this settings force image to refresh, append this to its URL:

'?'+ new Date().getTime()

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