get http response without redirects

[martind1]

I have used WinHttp.WinHttpRequest (as show in this post) but the problem is it does the redirects and gives me the final status (of 200) when I am more interested in the 301 or 301 redirect from the original URL.

[martind1]

allow me to answer my own post:
I just had to turn off the enable redirects and ... success!

  Dim WebLink As WinHttp.WinHttpRequest

  Set WebLink = New WinHttp.WinHttpRequest
  
  WebLink.Option(WinHttpRequestOption_EnableRedirects) = False

  WebLink.Open "GET", "http://www.cnet.com/news"
  WebLink.Send
  
  MsgBox WebLink.Status

[Disiance]

Try using Winsock. Connect to the server, send the HTTP headers, and wait for the response.

See if this thread helps you:
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...winsock+DLFile