# HTTP Head Request

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-head-request/21136>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [1 February 2020 12:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-head-request/21136 "2020-02-01T12:07:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tscherno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/tscherno/32/16651_2.png) [@Tscherno](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Tscherno)\
**Post date:** [1 February 2020 12:07 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-head-request/21136/1 "2020-02-01T12:07:40Z")

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Hi,

is there a way to do just a HTTP HEAD request? I want to check if a specific download was updated, but i don't want to download the whole file.

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [1 February 2020 12:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-head-request/21136/2 "2020-02-01T12:31:03Z")

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Use the HTTP Request node and set msg.method to "head" with a Change node beforehand.

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**Author:** ![Tscherno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/tscherno/32/16651_2.png) [@Tscherno](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Tscherno)\
**Post date:** [1 February 2020 13:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-head-request/21136/3 "2020-02-01T13:32:44Z")

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Thx. Didn't try that, because i thought it only supports the methods from the list... Would be good to add it there as well IMO.

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**Author:** ![dceejay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dceejay/32/38_2.png) [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)\
**Post date:** [1 February 2020 15:31 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-head-request/21136/4 "2020-02-01T15:31:51Z")

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HEAD is not one of the commonly used one so it never quite made the list, but a Pull request would no problem.

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**Author:** ![Tscherno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/tscherno/32/16651_2.png) [@Tscherno](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Tscherno)\
**Post date:** [1 February 2020 16:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-head-request/21136/5 "2020-02-01T16:24:28Z")

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Hmhm, for me more commonly used then DELETE 😉

I created a Pull Request.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [1 April 2020 16:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/http-head-request/21136/6 "2020-04-01T16:24:29Z")

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