HEAD Object

retrieves metadata from an object without returning the object itself

HEAD /ObjectName

Requests

Syntax

HEAD /ObjectName HTTP/1.1
Host: BucketName.hs2.hostway.com
Date: date
Authorization: signatureValue

Parameters

This implementation of the operation does not use request parameters.

Headers

• Range: Downloads the specified range bytes of an object.
• If-Modified-Since: Return the object only if it has been modified since the specified time
• If-Unmodified-Since: Return the object only if it has not been modified since the specified time
• If-Match: Return the object only if its entity tag (ETag) is the same as the one specified
• If-None-Match: Return the object only if its entity tag (ETag) is different from the one specified
• x-amz-request-payer: the requester knows he or she will be charged for the download

Elements in body

This implementation of the operation does not use request elements.

Responses

Headers

• x-amz-meta-* headers

Elements

This implementation of the operation does not return response elements.

Examples

Sample Request

HEAD /ObjectName HTTP/1.1
Host: BucketName.hs2.hostway.com
Date: date
Authorization: AWS signatureValue

Sample Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date : date
Connection : keep-alive
Content-Type: binary/octet-stream
Content-Length : 0