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HTTP HEAD Request

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Sends an HTTP HEAD request and gets the response.

Note: The response to an HTTP HEAD request is always just the response header. The reponse body is always 0 length (thus the reason it's called a "HEAD" request..)

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llSuccess = .F.

// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

// If the URL uses "https://", then the connection will be TLS.
// Otherwise it will be TCP.

// A failure is when we don't get any response.  It could be a timeout, an inability to connect, etc.
// For example, a "404 Not Found" response is still a response, and thus deemed success in terms of the API..

loResp = createobject("CkHttpResponse")
llSuccess = loHttp.HttpNoBody("HEAD","https://example-code.com/",loResp)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loResp
    return
endif

// Examine the response.
? "Status Code = " + str(loResp.StatusCode)
? "Status Line = " + loResp.StatusLine
? "Status Text = " + loResp.StatusText
? "Full Response Header:"
? loResp.Header
? "----"
lnNumHeaderFields = loResp.NumHeaderFields
? "Num Header Fields: " + str(lnNumHeaderFields)

for i = 0 to lnNumHeaderFields - 1
    ? loResp.GetHeaderName(i) + ": " + loResp.GetHeaderValue(i)
next


release loHttp
release loResp