HTTP HEAD Request

Simple HTTP HEAD request to download only the HTTP header.

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MS Windows Visual C/C++ Libraries

Linux/CentOS C/C++ Libraries

MAC OS X C/C++ Libraries

Solaris C/C++ Libraries

C++ Builder Libraries

#include <C_CkHttp.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkHttp http;
    BOOL success;
    HCkHttpResponse response;

    http = CkHttp_Create();

    //  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
    success = CkHttp_UnlockComponent(http,"Anything for 30-day trial");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        return;
    }

    //  Send the HEAD request and get the response.

    response = CkHttp_GetHead(http,"http://www.chilkatsoft.com/");

    if (response == 0 ) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
    }
    else {

        //  Show the HTTP response code and header received.
        printf("HTTP response code: \n");
        printf("%d\n",CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(response));

        printf("---- FULL HEADER ----\n");
        printf("%s\n",CkHttpResponse_header(response));
        printf("---------------------\n");

        //  How big will the full response be?  This is a good way to
        //  check the size of a download (if the URL is a .zip)
        printf("Size of resource = %d\n",CkHttpResponse_getContentLength(response));

    }


    CkHttp_Dispose(http);

    }