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Guard is connect middleware that short circuits request handling if it can send a 304 Not Modified response.
Intended to be used with reverse proxies like Varnish.

Status
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Work in-progress. Hold off for a bit.

Stores
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Guard can store request and response information wherever you like.  In memory is the default.  If your site hosts lots of unique URLs, a DB is probably a better choice.  Choose one of the following stores, or [write your own](docs/writing_a_store.md).

- [MemoryStore](src/memory_store.coffee) - the default
- [MongoGuardStore](https://github.com/goodeggs/mongo-guard-store) - backed by MongoDB

Contributing
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```
$ git clone https://github.com/goodeggs/connect-guard && cd connect-guard
$ npm install
$ npm test
```