B4J Question [SOLVED] Question about OkHttpUtils2 Response.ContentLength

oleg_

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Here
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/getting-http-headers-only.94536/post-598223
ContentLength turns out to be zero.
And I also tried to request the ContentLength of different JPG files on different sites in the same way. ContentLength always turns out to be zero for some reason. Is this how it should be?
Maybe the problem is that sites prohibit downloading headers separately from the content?

B4X: 
Private Sub Button1_Click
    Test
End Sub

Sub Test
    Dim filename As String = "https://b4x-4c17.kxcdn.com/android/forum/data/avatars/m/86/86664.jpg?1520274433"
    Dim j As HttpJob
    j.Initialize("", Me)
    j.head(filename)
    Wait For (j) JobDone(j As HttpJob)
    If j.Success Then
        Log("ContentLength = " & j.Response.ContentLength)
    Else
        Log(j.ErrorMessage)
    End If
    j.Release
End Sub


B4J
WARNING: package com.sun.javafx.embed.swing.oldimpl not in javafx.swing
Waiting for debugger to connect...
Program started.
Call B4XPages.GetManager.LogEvents = True to enable logging B4XPages events.
ContentLength = 0
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oleg_ said:
The result is this:
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Either we have a bug here or a misunderstanding of the Response.ContentLength, since if I do
B4X: 
Log(j.Response.GetHeaders.GetDefault("content-length", "NADA"))
I've got a content length
Doing a
B4X: 
Log(j.Response.GetHeaders)
shows that the site even supports ranges. I tried this on my site, and I've had the same results.
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drgottjr

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content-length is 0 because there is no content. headers are not content.
 
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OliverA

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drgottjr said:
content-length is 0 because there is no content.
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Actually, if a site supports ranges, content length should be the size of the file to be downloaded. A content length of 0, in this case, means no range support (although if you want to be 100% certain, you check for a accept-ranges header, and if available, the content of that header)
 
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oleg_

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drgottjr said:
content-length is 0 because there is no content. headers are not content.
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drgottjr, thank you for the answer.

But based on your answer, I don’t understand what is the point of that fragment of Erel’s code if ContentLength will always be equal to zero?

Getting HTTP headers only

I'm trying to find out the content length of a file before downloading it, by doing a HEAD request: Dim httpjob As HttpJob httpjob.Initialize("httpreturnfunction", Me) httpjob.GetRequest.Timeout = 5000 httpjob.head(filename) httpjob.GetRequest.InitializeHead(filename) However, I'm getting a Bad...
www.b4x.com

But in any case, how to find out the size of a JPG file without downloading it, but by downloading only the header?

OliverA, thank you for your opinion.
But your option from that thread, unfortunately, doesn’t work either:

Getting HTTP headers only

I'm trying to find out the content length of a file before downloading it, by doing a HEAD request: Dim httpjob As HttpJob httpjob.Initialize("httpreturnfunction", Me) httpjob.GetRequest.Timeout = 5000 httpjob.head(filename) httpjob.GetRequest.InitializeHead(filename) However, I'm getting a Bad...
www.b4x.com
I've already tried it with different pictures on different sites.

B4X: 
Sub Test
    Dim filename As String = "https://b4x-4c17.kxcdn.com/android/forum/data/avatars/m/86/86664.jpg?1520274433"
    Dim j As HttpJob
    j.Initialize("", Me)
    j.head(filename)
    Wait For (j) JobDone(j As HttpJob)
    If j.Success Then
        Log("j.GetString = " & j.GetString)
    Else
        Log(j.ErrorMessage)
    End If
    j.Release
End Sub

The result is this:
WARNING: package com.sun.javafx.embed.swing.oldimpl not in javafx.swing
Waiting for debugger to connect...
Program started.
Call B4XPages.GetManager.LogEvents = True to enable logging B4XPages events.
j.GetString =
Click to expand...
 
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OliverA

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oleg_ said:
The result is this:
Click to expand...
Either we have a bug here or a misunderstanding of the Response.ContentLength, since if I do
B4X: 
Log(j.Response.GetHeaders.GetDefault("content-length", "NADA"))
I've got a content length
Doing a
B4X: 
Log(j.Response.GetHeaders)
shows that the site even supports ranges. I tried this on my site, and I've had the same results.
 
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oleg_

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OliverA, thank you again!

This way it works great!
B4X: 
Log(j.Response.GetHeaders.GetDefault("content-length", "NADA"))
 
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