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http head for network

Get the headers from a URL.

Signature

> http head {flags} (URL)

Flags

  • --user, -u {any}: the username when authenticating
  • --password, -p {any}: the password when authenticating
  • --max-time, -m {int}: timeout period in seconds
  • --headers, -H {any}: custom headers you want to add
  • --insecure, -k: allow insecure server connections when using SSL

Parameters

  • URL: the URL to fetch the contents from

Input/output types:

input output
nothing any

Examples

Get headers from example.com

>http headhttps://www.example.com

Get headers from example.com, with username and password

>http head-umyuser-pmypasshttps://www.example.com

Get headers from example.com, with custom header

>http head-H [my-header-keymy-header-value] https://www.example.com

Notes

Performs HTTP HEAD operation.

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