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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

[[Category:Hostway API]]
[[Category:Hostway Simple Storage API]]