Oh good point there. So - ignoring my server where I don't have a proper 404 (grin), this should work for you:
<cfhttp url="http://www.cnn.com/index2332.cfm";> <cfif cfhttp.responseheader.status_code is 200> good </cfif> On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Dave Watts <dwa...@figleaf.com> wrote: > > > You can use fileExists w/ a URL but unfortunately, if the server has a > 404 > > handler than it will return true even when the 404 handler fires. > > > > <cfif fileExists("http://www.raymondcamden.com/index2332.cfm";)> > > yes > > </cfif> > > > > <cfhttp url="http://www.raymondcamden.com/index2332.cfm";> > > <cfdump var="#cfhttp#"> > > > > If a 404 handler isn't there, then this would have worked. > > If you're building a 404 handler, you should actually make sure it > returns a 404 status code. You can do this easily enough with > CFHEADER. The page can contain whatever HTML you want to present to > the user, still. > > I run into this quite a bit working with the Google Search Appliance. > The GSA relies on status codes by default to identify which pages to > index. While it's possible to give it a way to identify soft 404s > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_404#Soft_404), it's much easier > just to have real 404s in the first place. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > 1-202-527-9569 > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:358231 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
