CFHTTP - verify file first

[spacehog]

I am currently retrieveing files from another server via cfhttp. Occasionally, the files get renamed and my script throws an error. How can I verify if a file exists on a remote server before I make the cfhttp connection?

[Newsgroup_User]

check the statuscode returned in the cfhttp structure: 200 means file is
there.

Azadi Saryev
Sabai-dee.com
http://www.sabai-dee.com/

[Magikaru · Accepted solution]

I had to deal with the same problem about a week ago.
Here's how I got around it:

<cftry>
<cfhttp method="head" name="testTheFile" url="myurl.html"></cfhttp>
<!--- If code reaches this point, File Exists --->
<cfcatch>
<!--- File does not exist --->
</cfcatch>
</cftry>