feat: convenience function for HEAD requests#8
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| /// Returns a [`RequestBuilder`](crate::request::RequestBuilder) that can | ||
| /// be customized with headers, timeout, and retry settings before sending. | ||
| pub fn head(&self, url: impl Into<String>) -> crate::request::RequestBuilder<'_> { |
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This calls read_body_with_limit which rejects responses whose advertised Content-Length exceeds max_response_body_size — but for HEAD that's the intended body size, not actual bytes received.
So a head() call against any resource larger than 10 MiB (with the default config) will fail with ResponseTooLarge. This is a pre-existing behavior not introduced with this PR; but worth calling out since it will affect our intended use case for this API method.
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@velocitysystems Excellent catch! Fixed.
Adds a convenient Rust function for making HEAD requests. This allows Rust callers to avoid using a Reqwest type needed to call the general `request` function.
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Adds a convenient Rust function for making HEAD requests. This allows Rust callers to avoid using a Reqwest type needed to call the general
requestfunction.