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Best Practices: HEAD Request Best Practices > Testing HEAD Requests -...
Best Practices: HEAD Request Best Practices Testing HEAD Requests Source evidence: /Sources/honojs hono/provenance.md Canonical citation: https://hono.dev/ll...
Best Practices: HEAD Request Best Practices > Testing HEAD Requests
Source evidence: /Sources/honojs__hono/provenance.md Canonical citation: https://hono.dev/llms-full.txt#testing-head-requests
Summary
## Content
```typescript
// Always test both GET and HEAD responses
it('handles HEAD requests correctly', async () => {
const getRes = await app.request('/api/users')
const headRes = await app.request('/api/users', { method: 'HEAD' })
expect(headRes.status).toBe(getRes.status)
expect(headRes.headers.get('X-Total-Count')).toBe(
getRes.headers.get('X-Total-Count')
)
expect(headRes.body).toBe(null)
})
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"retrieved_at": "2026-07-02T05:51:01Z",
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