Oh and also if you are not convinced yet ;) that it really doesn't transfer the whole file:
# a download, normal GET request
curl -L https://pic8.co/sh/m2v8Y4.jpg -o "/dev/null"
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:01 --:--:-- 0
100 33382 100 33382 0 0 13315 0 0:00:02 0:00:02 --:--:-- 25193
# HEAD request, received=0
curl -LI https://pic8.co/sh/m2v8Y4.jpg -o "/dev/null"
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:01 --:--:-- 0
0 33382 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:02 --:--:-- 0
Some very stupid servers may not show content-length, and that's the ONLY time you'd want to download either the file header or the whole file.
Oh and also if you are not convinced yet ;) that it really doesn't transfer the whole file:
```
# a download, normal GET request
curl -L https://pic8.co/sh/m2v8Y4.jpg -o "/dev/null"
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:01 --:--:-- 0
100 33382 100 33382 0 0 13315 0 0:00:02 0:00:02 --:--:-- 25193
```
```
# HEAD request, received=0
curl -LI https://pic8.co/sh/m2v8Y4.jpg -o "/dev/null"
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:01 --:--:-- 0
0 33382 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- 0:00:02 --:--:-- 0
```
Some very stupid servers may not show content-length, and that's the ONLY time you'd want to download either the file header or the whole file.
urllib3 does support redirections.
Pic8 has been a little slow recently due to a bug, and because it doesn't host images but only host links it redirects too, it's normal that it takes a little more time.
I'm checking a direct link to catbox.moe and it gives me the same answer.
I can get the right 'width & height', but the size is still stuck at 31 bytes (the range/size of the headers).
I'll check that later. Got something else to do now.
Thanks for the curl suggestion.
urllib3 does support redirections.
Pic8 has been a little slow recently due to a bug, and because it doesn't host images but only host links it redirects too, it's normal that it takes a little more time.
I'm checking a direct link to catbox.moe and it gives me the same answer.
I can get the right 'width & height', but the size is still stuck at 31 bytes (the range/size of the headers).
I'll check that later. Got something else to do now.
Thanks for the curl suggestion.
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