HEAD with WebClient?

You are right WebClient does not support this. You can use HttpWebRequest and set the method to HEAD if you want this functionality: System.Net.WebRequest request = System.Net.WebRequest.Create(uri); request.Method = “HEAD”; request.GetResponse();

Is header(‘Content-Type:text/plain’); necessary at all?

Define “necessary”. It is necessary if you want the browser to know what the type of the file is. PHP automatically sets the Content-Type header to text/html if you don’t override it so your browser is treating it as an HTML file that doesn’t contain any HTML. If your output contained any HTML you’d see … Read more

http HEAD vs GET performance

A RESTful URI should represent a “resource” at the server. Resources are often stored as a record in a database or a file on the filesystem. Unless the resource is large or is slow to retrieve at the server, you might not see a measurable gain by using HEAD instead of GET. It could be … Read more

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