I know how to do a HEAD request with httplib, but I have to use mechanize for this site.
Essentially, what I need to do is grab a value from the header (filename) without actually downloading the file.
Any suggestions how I could accomplish this?
I know how to do a HEAD request with httplib, but I have to use mechanize for this site.
Essentially, what I need to do is grab a value from the header (filename) without actually downloading the file.
Any suggestions how I could accomplish this?
Mechanize itself only sends GETs and POSTs, but you can easily extend the Request class to send HEAD. Example:
import mechanize
class HeadRequest(mechanize.Request):
def get_method(self):
return "HEAD"
request = HeadRequest("http://www.example.com/")
response = mechanize.urlopen(request)
print response.info()