API Testing · Junior · Question 62 of 75

What is `HEAD` useful for?

1Sending only headers to create a new resource
2Getting the headers of a resource without its body
3Reading the first line of a large response body

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Correct answer: Getting the headers of a resource without its body

Explanation

HEAD is like GET without the body. It checks existence, size or caching headers cheaply.

Further reading

MDN: HTTP request methods ↗

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