var now = Date.now();
var format= selectedLayerSource.getFormat();
var url = selectedLayerSource.getUrl();
url = url + '?t=' + now;
//make AJAX request to source url
$.ajax({
url: url,
success: function(result){
//manually remove features from the source
selectedLayerSource.forEachFeature(function (feature){
selectedLayerSource.removeFeature(feature);});
//create features from AJAX results
var features = format.readFeatures(result, {
featureProjection: 'EPSG:3857'});
//add features to the source
selectedLayerSource.addFeatures(features);},
error: function(err){
alert("Could not load features from " + selectedLayerName + " at " + url + " error code: " + err.status);}});