(PowerShell) 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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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http
$url = "https://www.example.com/"

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# The GetHead method is deprecated:

$resp1 = $http.GetHead($url)
if ($http.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$($resp1.StatusCode)

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 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 = New-Object Chilkat.HttpResponse
$success = $http.HttpNoBody("HEAD",$url,$resp2)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$($resp2.StatusCode)