API Design · Junior · Question 53 of 75

What does `HEAD /files/report.pdf` return?

1Only the first byte of the file
✓Correct answer: The same headers as GET, without the body
3The file's metadata in JSON

Explanation

Clients use it to check existence, size (Content-Length) or freshness without downloading the content.

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