From e51da5b712b167fba8cf46368bf277c3fe2372e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonas Tranberg <jonas_ts@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2019 18:39:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] If only status_code is needed use HEAD instead of GET request
 to avoid body download

---
 .gitignore  | 6 ++++++
 sherlock.py | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1fc7d19..d1db3b6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # Virtual Environment
 venv/
 
+# vscode
+.vscode/
+
+# Python
+__pycache__/
+
 # Jupyter Notebook
 .ipynb_checkpoints
 *.ipynb
diff --git a/sherlock.py b/sherlock.py
index dd38b26..617a2c1 100644
--- a/sherlock.py
+++ b/sherlock.py
@@ -130,8 +130,14 @@ def sherlock(username, verbose=False, tor=False, unique_tor=False):
             url = net_info["url"].format(username)
             results_site["url_user"] = url
 
+            # If only the status_code is needed don't download the body
+            if net_info["errorType"] == 'status_code':
+                request_method = session.head
+            else:
+                request_method = session.get
+
             # This future starts running the request in a new thread, doesn't block the main thread
-            future = session.get(url=url, headers=headers)
+            future = request_method(url=url, headers=headers)
 
             # Store future in data for access later
             net_info["request_future"] = future