Stop downloading the data in nodejs request

Question

How can we stop the remaining response from a server - For eg.

http.get(requestOptions, function(response){

//Log the file size;
console.log(\'File Size:\'         


        

Answer 1

You need to perform a HEAD request instead of a get

Taken from this answer

var http = require('http');
var options = {
    method: 'HEAD', 
    host: 'stackoverflow.com', 
    port: 80, 
    path: '/'
};
var req = http.request(options, function(res) {
    console.log(JSON.stringify(res.headers));
    var fileSize = res.headers['content-length']
    console.log(fileSize)
  }
);
req.end();