# Making MediaCache send GET instead of HEAD request?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/making-mediacache-send-get-instead-of-head-request/36273>\
**Category:** Wowza Developer Dojo\
**Tags:** wowza-streaming-server-java-api\
**Created:** [October 20, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/making-mediacache-send-get-instead-of-head-request/36273 "2015-10-20T01:51:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Don\_J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Don\_J](https://community.wowza.com/u/Don_J)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/making-mediacache-send-get-instead-of-head-request/36273/1 "2015-10-20T01:51:52Z")

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How do I extend existing MediaCache (HTTP) engine to make it use GET instead of HEAD for the first request?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Matt\_Young](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/matt_young/32/389_2.png) [@Matt\_Young](https://community.wowza.com/u/Matt_Young)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/making-mediacache-send-get-instead-of-head-request/36273/2 "2015-11-13T12:13:56Z")

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Hello

While we don’t support extending this as of yet, I’d suggest looking into our IMediaCacheHTTPByteReader interface to accomplish this.

Thanks,

Matt