HEAD Support

diff --git a/requests/core.py b/requests/core.py
index b4d6047..2401713 100644 (file)
--- a/requests/core.py
+++ b/requests/core.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class Request(object):
                """
                self._checks()
                
-               if self.method.lower() == 'get':
+               if self.method.lower() in ('get', 'head'):
                        if (not self.sent) or anyway:
                                try:
                                        # url encode GET params if it's a dict
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ class Request(object):
 
                                        req = urllib2.Request("%s?%s" % (self.url, params))
 
+                                       if self.method.lower() == 'head':
+                                               req.get_method = lambda : 'HEAD'
+
+
                                        if self.headers:
                                                req.headers = self.headers
 
@@ -102,25 +106,15 @@ class Request(object):
 
                                        self.response.status_code = resp.code
                                        self.response.headers = resp.info().dict
-                                       self.response.content = resp.read()
+                                       if self.method.lower() == 'get':
+                                               self.response.content = resp.read()
 
                                        success = True
 
-
                                except RequestException:
                                        raise RequestException
                                
-                       
-               elif self.method.lower() == 'head':
-                       if (not self.sent) or anyway:
-                               try:
-                                       pass
-                                       
-                                       success = True
 
-                               except Exception:
-                                       raise RequestException
-               
                elif self.method.lower() == 'put':
                        if (not self.sent) or anyway:
                                try:
@@ -230,14 +224,15 @@ def get(url, params={}, headers={}, auth=None):
        return r.response
 
 
-def head(url, data={}, headers={}, auth=None):
+def head(url, params={}, headers={}, auth=None):
        """Sends a HEAD request. Returns :class:`Response` object.
        """
        r = Request()
        
        r.method = 'HEAD'
+       r.url = url
        # return response object
-       r.data = data
+       r.params = params
        r.headers = headers
        r.auth = _detect_auth(url, auth)