Re: determine document type

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Ulrich Wisser <u.wisser@publisher.de> writes:

> I try to determine document types with a head request.
> Unfortunately does Coldfusion not support HEAD requests
> (Error 405 Method not allowed).
> 
> Is there any other way to determine the document type
> without downloading the whole document?

Set $ua->max_size(1) and then try a normal GET request.

You could also try to use the guess_media_type() function from
LWP::MediaTypes, but it is better to actually ask the server.

Regards,
Gisle

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