(Excel) HTTP HEAD Request

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

Dim http As Chilkat.Http
Set http = Chilkat.NewHttp

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

Set resp = http.GetHead("https://example-code.com/")
If (http.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ' 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..
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Examine the response.
Debug.Print "Status Code = "; resp.StatusCode
Debug.Print "Status Line = "; resp.StatusLine
Debug.Print "Status Text = "; resp.StatusText
Debug.Print "Full Response Header:"
Debug.Print resp.Header
Debug.Print "----"

numHeaderFields = resp.NumHeaderFields
Debug.Print "Num Header Fields: "; numHeaderFields

For i = 0 To numHeaderFields - 1
    Debug.Print resp.GetHeaderName(i); ": "; resp.GetHeaderValue(i)
Next