HEAD request using https and hyperquest

https.js

// The below works, although having to call res.on('data') is not ideal

var https = require('https');

var opts = {
    hostname :  'github.com'
  , path     :  '/substack/hyperquest'
  , method   :  'GET'
}

https.request(opts, function (res) {
  console.log('statusCode: ', res.statusCode);
  res.on('data', function () { /* don't care but need to call res.on('data', fn) since it hangs otherwise */ })
}).end();

// => statusCode: 200

hyperquest.js

// The below does the same as the above. Tricky part that you have to call .end() as well (not documented on hyperquest site).
// Advantage is that res.on('data') call is not needed since it returns without that call

var hyperquest = require('hyperquest');
var url = 'https://github.com/substack/hyperquest';

var opts = { method: 'HEAD' };
hyperquest(url, opts,  function (err, res) {
  if (err) return console.error(err);
  console.log('statusCode: ', res.statusCode);
}).end();

// => statusCode: 200