AutoIt Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Get Size of File on Web Server

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Demonstrates how to send a HEAD request to fetch information about a file on a web server, which hopefully includes the Content-Length in the response header. AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = False

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

$oHttp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Http")

$oResp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
$bSuccess = $oHttp.HttpNoBody("HEAD","https://nodejs.org/dist/v10.16.1/node-v10.16.1-win-x64.zip",$oResp)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

;  Examine the response header.
ConsoleWrite($oResp.Header & @CRLF)

;  Here is a sample response header:

;  Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 12:47:27 GMT
;  Content-Type: application/zip
;  Content-Length: 17457922
;  Connection: keep-alive
;  Set-Cookie: __cfduid=da5b78dcdd8171683c5a578eb9c9f88c81564663647; expires=Fri, 31-Jul-20 12:47:27 GMT; path=/; domain=.nodejs.org; HttpOnly
;  Last-Modified: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 18:21:57 GMT
;  ETag: "5d41dc45-10a6302"
;  Accept-Ranges: bytes
;  Expect-CT: max-age=604800, report-uri="https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct"
;  Server: cloudflare
;  CF-RAY: 4ff7ebb32ac4e1e2-ORD

;  Get the Content-Length header.
Local $sContentLengthStr = $oResp.GetHeaderField("Content-Length")
;  If the header exists...
If ($oResp.LastMethodSuccess = True) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Content-Length: " & $sContentLengthStr & @CRLF)
    ;  Your application can convert the contentLengthStr to an integer and then use it....
EndIf