Get size of a file from the web

[rsitogp]

Can someone help me, I want to get the size of a file I want to download, I don't care if it's via inet or winsock control.

i.e. get size of http://www.anysite.com/dir/file.zip

Thanks In Advance!

[JoshT]

I believe a server might tell you that with an HTTP HEAD request, but I'm not sure.

[rsitogp]

I know that info comes in the http header but how do I read it?

[JoshT]

Use the Winsock control to connect to the HTTP server and send the following text:
"HEAD /dir/file.zip HTTP/1.0" & vbcrlf & vbcrlf

Then parse the text it sends back for the file size.

[rsitogp]

Can you please give me a full code exapmle?

[JoshT]

Here's some code that uses the winsock control. It's not that hard to use.