Test requests.head for deredir()

2025-04-15 09:17:33 +00:00 · 2022-11-30 20:52:36 +01:00 · 2022-11-30 20:52:36 +01:00 · cf4d1d67c7
commit cf4d1d67c7
parent 43d46a1b20
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/twoot.py
+++ b/twoot.py
@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def deredir_url(url):
    ret = None
    try:
        # Download the page
-        ret = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=5)
+        ret = requests.head(url, headers=headers, timeout=5)
    except:
        # If anything goes wrong keep the URL intact
        return url