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Bug 11233 - Use HTTP HEAD requests to retrieve linked resources
Summary: Use HTTP HEAD requests to retrieve linked resources
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: mobileOK Basic checker
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Java Library (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 enhancement
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: fd
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Reported: 2010-11-05 10:49 UTC by fd
Modified: 2010-11-05 10:49 UTC (History)
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Description fd 2010-11-05 10:49:26 UTC 
Tests on linked resources only apply to HTTP header fields, so there's no need to retrieve the HTTP response body for linked resources.

The mobileOK Checker currently issues HTTP GET requests for each and every resource. It should rather send HTTP HEAD requests for linked resources. This would speed up the retrieval step, as well as reduce the amount of memory needed, and bandwidth usage.