changed HEAD request

2 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/plugins/base_plugin.rst b/docs/plugins/base_plugin.rst
index 62ab248ef..4ffe2e457 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/base_plugin.rst
+++ b/docs/plugins/base_plugin.rst
@@ -3,3 +3,22 @@
 Base Plugin - And here it begins...
 ===================================
 
+
+Meta Data
+---------
+
+
+Config Entries
+--------------
+
+
+Tagging Guidelines
+------------------
+
+
+Basic Methods
+-------------
+
+Debugging
+---------
+
diff --git a/module/network/HTTPRequest.py b/module/network/HTTPRequest.py
index cd13dd01f..8d65b025f 100644
--- a/module/network/HTTPRequest.py
+++ b/module/network/HTTPRequest.py
@@ -193,11 +193,19 @@ class HTTPRequest():
         if just_header:
             self.c.setopt(pycurl.FOLLOWLOCATION, 0)
             self.c.setopt(pycurl.NOBODY, 1)
+
+            # overwrite HEAD request, we want a common request type
+            if post:
+                self.c.setopt(pycurl.CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST")
+            else:
+                self.c.setopt(pycurl.CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET")
+
             self.c.perform()
             rep = self.header
 
             self.c.setopt(pycurl.FOLLOWLOCATION, 1)
             self.c.setopt(pycurl.NOBODY, 0)
+            self.c.setopt(pycurl.CUSTOMREQUEST, 0)
 
         else:
             self.c.perform()