Visual Basic 6.0

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..)

Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp

' 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..

Dim resp As New ChilkatHttpResponse
success = http.HttpNoBody("HEAD","https://example-code.com/",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    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 "----"
Dim numHeaderFields As Long
numHeaderFields = resp.NumHeaderFields
Debug.Print "Num Header Fields: " & numHeaderFields
Dim i As Long
For i = 0 To numHeaderFields - 1
    Debug.Print resp.GetHeaderName(i) & ": " & resp.GetHeaderValue(i)
Next