XHR request only headers

Question

is it possible to use XHR to get only the file's headers without downloading the file itself?

Not an exact duplicate, but the same answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/333634/http-head-request-in-javascript-ajax — G-Nugget, Apr 09 '13 at 20:40

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 09 '13 at 20:39

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You can use the http HEAD method instead of GET method.

xhr.open("HEAD", url, async)

answered Apr 09 '13 at 20:39

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