Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 99048 invoked from network); 18 May 2010 22:49:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 18 May 2010 22:49:17 -0000 Received: (qmail 66084 invoked by uid 500); 18 May 2010 22:49:16 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 66025 invoked by uid 500); 18 May 2010 22:49:16 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 66017 invoked by uid 99); 18 May 2010 22:49:16 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 18 May 2010 22:49:16 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.3 required=10.0 tests=AWL,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [80.244.253.218] (HELO mail.traeumt.net) (80.244.253.218) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 18 May 2010 22:49:08 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.traeumt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15C5F1B596 for ; Wed, 19 May 2010 00:48:45 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.g3th.net Received: from unknown by localhost (amavisd-new, unix socket) id EGNCNwnXkvZi for ; Wed, 19 May 2010 00:48:44 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [10.0.1.8] (g225136111.adsl.alicedsl.de [92.225.136.111]) (authenticated) by mail.traeumt.net (amavisd-milter) (authenticated as web50m1); Wed, 19 May 2010 00:48:43 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1078) Subject: Re: HEAD requests From: Jan Lehnardt In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 00:48:44 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <8CC34529-9C0F-4703-8D6F-4734B77AC2A3@apache.org> References: To: user@couchdb.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1078) Hi Norman, On 19 May 2010, at 00:42, Norman Barker wrote: > Hi, > > does couchdb support http head requests? I would like to retrieve the > e-tag but not the body? I have tried > > curl -X HEAD "http://localhost:5984/test/myid" > > but it just hangs. This is "a feature" of curl. To do HEAD requests use: curl -I http://localhost:5984/test/myid CouchDB supports HEAD requests for most resources where it makes sense. Cheers Jan --