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 head https://www.example.com

Get headers from example.com, with username and password

> http head --user myuser --password mypass https://www.example.com

Get headers from example.com, with custom header

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

Notes

Performs HTTP HEAD operation.