class Net::HTTP::Head - Documentation for Ruby 4.0 (original) (raw)

1. Net::
2. HTTP::
3. Head

Class for representing HTTP method HEAD:

require 'net/http' uri = URI('http://example.com') hostname = uri.hostname # => "example.com" req = Net::HTTP::Head.new(uri) # => #<Net::HTTP::Head HEAD> res = Net::HTTP.start(hostname) do |http| http.request(req) end

See Request Headers.

Properties:

• Request body: optional.
• Response body: no.
• Safe: yes.
• Idempotent: yes.
• Cacheable: yes.

Related:

• Net::HTTP#head: sends HEAD request, returns response object.