(C) Transition from Http.GetHead to Http.HttpNoBody

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated GetHead method calls with HttpNoBody.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkHttp http;
    const char *url;
    HCkHttpResponse resp1;
    HCkHttpResponse resp2;
    BOOL success;

    http = CkHttp_Create();
    url = "https://www.example.com/";

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // The GetHead method is deprecated:

    resp1 = CkHttp_GetHead(http,url);
    if (CkHttp_getLastMethodSuccess(http) == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        return;
    }

    printf("%d\n",CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp1));
    CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp1);

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Do the equivalent using HttpNoBody.
    // Your application creates a new, empty response object which is passed 
    // in the last argument and filled with the HTTP response upon success.

    resp2 = CkHttpResponse_Create();
    success = CkHttp_HttpNoBody(http,"HEAD",url,resp2);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp2);
        return;
    }

    printf("%d\n",CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp2));


    CkHttp_Dispose(http);
    CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp2);

    }