Can we only get the web page header information and not the body? (Mechanize)

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Published on 2010-04-28T15:42:13Z Indexed on 2010/04/28 15:53 UTC
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What if I only need to download the page if it has not changed since the last download? What is the best way? can I get the size of the page first, then compare the decide if it has changed, if so, I ask for download else skip?

I plan to use (python) mechanize.

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