(Node.js) HTTP Response Inspection

See more HTTP Examples

Demonstrates how to inspect the HTTP response, including the status code, status text, and response headers, for Chilkat methods that don't use an HttpResponse object.

Install Chilkat for Node.js and Electron using npm at

Chilkat npm packages for Node.js
Chilkat npm packages for Electron
on Windows, Linux, MacOS

var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-win64'); 
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm64');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-x64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-mac-universal');
}

function chilkatExample() {

    var http = new chilkat.Http();

    // Returns the contents of the response body.
    var jsonText = http.QuickGetStr("https://chilkatsoft.com/helloWorld.json");

    // Examine the response status code.
    console.log("response status code: " + http.LastStatus);

    // Examine the response status text
    console.log("response status text: " + http.LastStatusText);

    // Examine the full response header.
    console.log("response header:");
    console.log(http.LastResponseHeader);
    console.log("----");

    // Examine the response content-type
    console.log("LastContentType = " + http.LastContentType);

    // Examine the response last-mod date
    console.log("LastModDate = " + http.LastModDate);

    // Load the response header into a Chilkat MIME object to access its fields individually.
    var mime = new chilkat.Mime();
    mime.LoadMime(http.LastResponseHeader);

    var numHeaders = mime.NumHeaderFields;
    var i = 0;
    console.log("---- MIME Headers ----");
    while (i < numHeaders) {
        console.log("name:  " + mime.GetHeaderFieldName(i));
        console.log("value: " + mime.GetHeaderFieldValue(i));
        i = i+1;
    }

    console.log("----");

    // Get a header field value by name:
    console.log("ETag: " + mime.GetHeaderField("ETag"));

    // Output:

    // response status code: 200
    // response status text: OK
    // response header:
    // Content-Type: application/json
    // Last-Modified: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 11:36:27 GMT
    // Accept-Ranges: bytes
    // ETag: "34c27f8e5ad3d91:0"
    // Server: Microsoft-IIS/10.0
    // X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
    // Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 14:38:13 GMT
    // Content-Length: 22
    // ----
    // LastContentType = application/json
    // LastModDate = 2023-08-20
    // ---- MIME Headers ----
    // name:  Content-Type
    // value: application/json
    // name:  Last-Modified
    // value: Sun, 20 Aug 2023 11:36:27 GMT
    // name:  Accept-Ranges
    // value: bytes
    // name:  ETag
    // value: "34c27f8e5ad3d91:0"
    // name:  Server
    // value: Microsoft-IIS/10.0
    // name:  X-Powered-By
    // value: ASP.NET
    // name:  Date
    // value: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 14:38:13 GMT
    // name:  Content-Length
    // value: 22
    // ----
    // ETag: "34c27f8e5ad3d91:0"

}

chilkatExample();