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## Use Conditional Requests to Avoid Redundant Work

Detail endpoints (`GET /api/{resource}/{id}/`) support HTTP conditional requests via `If-Modified-Since` / `Last-Modified` headers. If the resource has not changed since you last fetched it, the server returns `304 Not Modified` with an empty body — saving bandwidth and not counting against your quota in any meaningful sense while keeping your data fresh.
Detail endpoints (`GET /api/{resource}/{id}/`) support HTTP conditional requests via `If-Modified-Since` / `Last-Modified` headers. If the resource has not changed since you last fetched it, the server returns `304 Not Modified` with an empty body — saving bandwidth while keeping your data fresh.

> **Update (2026-08-21):** An earlier version of this post stated that conditional requests do not count against your daily rate limit quota. That's incorrect — a `304 Not Modified` response still counts as a request against both the burst and sustained limits. Conditional requests save bandwidth (and the cost of re-parsing a payload you already have), but they don't give you extra headroom in your daily quota. Factor that into any polling frequency you choose.

```python
import requests
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