# Retrieving file weight without downloading?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/retrieving-file-weight-without-downloading/274174>\
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**Created:** [October 26, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/retrieving-file-weight-without-downloading/274174 "2008-10-26T15:29:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stratboy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/stratboy/32/3054_2.png) [@Stratboy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Stratboy)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/retrieving-file-weight-without-downloading/274174/1 "2008-10-26T15:29:35Z")

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Hi! 2 questions:

- Anyone knows a smart way to retrieve the weight of a file without downloading it? Yes, I know, I can start downloading it and listen to the first data that is dispatched to read the bytesTotal, but then I’d have to stop the download process if I only want to know the weight of the file and nothing more…

- Is URLLoader suitable for all kind of files? I’ve read the docs, but they’re not enough clear to me.

Bye!