<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <title>HEAD request (Client)</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../../../../doc/src/boostbook.css" type="text/css"> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.1"> <link rel="home" href="../../index.html" title="Chapter 1. Boost.Beast"> <link rel="up" href="../more_examples.html" title="More Examples"> <link rel="prev" href="expect_100_continue_server.html" title="Expect 100-continue (Server)"> <link rel="next" href="head_response_server.html" title="HEAD response (Server)"> </head> <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> <table cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr> <td valign="top"><img alt="Boost C++ Libraries" width="277" height="86" src="../../../../../../boost.png"></td> <td align="center"><a href="../../../../../../index.html">Home</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="../../../../../../libs/libraries.htm">Libraries</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.boost.org/users/people.html">People</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.boost.org/users/faq.html">FAQ</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="../../../../../../more/index.htm">More</a></td> </tr></table> <hr> <div class="spirit-nav"> <a accesskey="p" href="expect_100_continue_server.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/prev.png" alt="Prev"></a><a accesskey="u" href="../more_examples.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/up.png" alt="Up"></a><a accesskey="h" href="../../index.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/home.png" alt="Home"></a><a accesskey="n" href="head_response_server.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/next.png" alt="Next"></a> </div> <div class="section"> <div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> <a name="beast.more_examples.head_request_client"></a><a class="link" href="head_request_client.html" title="HEAD request (Client)">HEAD request (Client)</a> </h3></div></div></div> <p> The <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-4.3.2" target="_top">HEAD request</a> method indicates to the server that the client wishes to receive the entire header that would be delivered if the method was GET, except that the body is omitted. When a client wishes to receive the response to a HEAD request, it is necessary to inform the parser not to expect a body. This is done by calling <a class="link" href="../ref/boost__beast__http__basic_parser/skip.html" title="http::basic_parser::skip"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">basic_parser</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">skip</span></code></a> with the value <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">true</span></code>, as shown in this example: </p> <pre class="programlisting"><span class="comment">/** Send a HEAD request for a resource. This function submits a HEAD request for the specified resource and returns the response. @param res The response. This is an output parameter. @param stream The synchronous stream to use. @param buffer The buffer to use. @param target The request target. @param ec Set to the error, if any occurred. @throws std::invalid_argument if target is empty. */</span> <span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special"><</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">SyncStream</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">DynamicBuffer</span> <span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">response</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">empty_body</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">do_head_request</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">SyncStream</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">stream</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">DynamicBuffer</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">buffer</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">string_view</span> <span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">error_code</span><span class="special">&</span> <span class="identifier">ec</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="comment">// Do some type checking to be a good citizen</span> <span class="keyword">static_assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">is_sync_stream</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">SyncStream</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="string">"SyncStream requirements not met"</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="keyword">static_assert</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">asio</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">is_dynamic_buffer</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">DynamicBuffer</span><span class="special">>::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="string">"DynamicBuffer requirments not met"</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// The interfaces we are using are low level and do not</span> <span class="comment">// perform any checking of arguments; so we do it here.</span> <span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">empty</span><span class="special">())</span> <span class="keyword">throw</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">invalid_argument</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"target may not be empty"</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// Build the HEAD request for the target</span> <span class="identifier">request</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">empty_body</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">req</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="identifier">req</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">version</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">11</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="identifier">req</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">method</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">verb</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">head</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="identifier">req</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">target</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="identifier">req</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">set</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">field</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">user_agent</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="string">"test"</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// A client MUST send a Host header field in all HTTP/1.1 request messages.</span> <span class="comment">// https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7230#section-5.4</span> <span class="identifier">req</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">set</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">field</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">host</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="string">"localhost"</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// Now send it</span> <span class="identifier">write</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">stream</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">req</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">ec</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ec</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">{};</span> <span class="comment">// Create a parser to read the response.</span> <span class="comment">// We use the `empty_body` type since</span> <span class="comment">// a response to a HEAD request MUST NOT</span> <span class="comment">// include a body.</span> <span class="identifier">response_parser</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">empty_body</span><span class="special">></span> <span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="comment">// Inform the parser that there will be no body.</span> <span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">skip</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">true</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// Read the message. Even though fields like</span> <span class="comment">// Content-Length or Transfer-Encoding may be</span> <span class="comment">// set, the message will not contain a body.</span> <span class="identifier">read</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">stream</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">buffer</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">ec</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="keyword">if</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ec</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="special">{};</span> <span class="comment">// Transfer ownership of the response to the caller.</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">p</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">release</span><span class="special">();</span> <span class="special">}</span> </pre> </div> <table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> <td align="left"></td> <td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2016, 2017 Vinnie Falco<p> Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 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