Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by yes_or_gnome 3265 days ago
No. HEAD is the same as GET, but the server should not return a response body. The response code and headers should all be the same. This is to guarantee that a path is serviceable, response body size, and for verifying the client's cache.
1 comments

You are correct, sorry about that. Removed my comment to not spread incorrect information.