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The HTTP HEAD
method requests the headers that are returned if the specified resource would be requested with an HTTP GET
method. Such a request can be done before deciding to download a large resource to save bandwidth, for example.
A response to a HEAD
method should not have a body. If so, it must be ignored. Even so, entity headers describing the content of the body, like Content-Length
may be included in the response. They don't relate to the body of the HEAD
response, which should be empty, but to the body of similar request using the GET
method would have returned as a response.
If the result of a HEAD
request shows that a cached resource after a GET
request is now outdated, the cache is invalidated, even if no GET
request has been made.
Request has body | No |
---|---|
Successful response has body | No |
Safe | Yes |
Idempotent | Yes |
Cacheable | Yes |
Allowed in HTML forms | No |
Syntax
HEAD /index.html
Specifications
Specification | Title |
---|---|
RFC 7231, section 4.3.2: HEAD | Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content |
Browser compatibility
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Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | Servo |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic Support | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) |
Feature | Android | Chrome for Android | Edge Mobile | Firefox for Android | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic Support | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) |