Get the response "ContentType" in a nodejs http request

Question

I want to donwload a file via http and check the "ContentType" response header. My Download looks like this:

var fileUrl = "<url>";
var request = https.get(fileUrl, function (res) {
res.on('data', function (data) {
    //...
});
res.on('error', function (error) {
    //...;
});

I get the data, but is there any way to acces the content type resonse header?

Answer 1

The res variable is an instance of http.IncomingMessage, which has a headers property that contains the headers:

var request = https.get(fileUrl, function (res) {
  var contentType = res.headers['content-type'];
  ...
});