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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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    success := false

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

    http := chilkat.NewHttp()

    // 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..

    resp := chilkat.NewHttpResponse()
    success = http.HttpNoBody("HEAD","https://example-code.com/",resp)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(http.LastErrorText())
        http.DisposeHttp()
        resp.DisposeHttpResponse()
        return
    }

    // Examine the response.
    fmt.Println("Status Code = ", resp.StatusCode())
    fmt.Println("Status Line = ", resp.StatusLine())
    fmt.Println("Status Text = ", resp.StatusText())
    fmt.Println("Full Response Header:")
    fmt.Println(resp.Header())
    fmt.Println("----")
    numHeaderFields := resp.NumHeaderFields()
    fmt.Println("Num Header Fields: ", numHeaderFields)
    var i int
    for i = 0; i <= numHeaderFields - 1; i++ {
        fmt.Println(*resp.GetHeaderName(i), ": ", *resp.GetHeaderValue(i))
    }


    http.DisposeHttp()
    resp.DisposeHttpResponse()