diff --git a/extensions/assets-manager/Downloader.cpp b/extensions/assets-manager/Downloader.cpp
index d35d8d21dd..2e5c6f1926 100644
--- a/extensions/assets-manager/Downloader.cpp
+++ b/extensions/assets-manager/Downloader.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ size_t bufferWriteFunc(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *userdata)
     Downloader::StreamData *streamBuffer = (Downloader::StreamData *)userdata;
     size_t written = size * nmemb;
     // Avoid pointer overflow
-	if (streamBuffer->offset + written <= static_cast<size_t>(streamBuffer->total))
+    if (streamBuffer->offset + written <= static_cast<size_t>(streamBuffer->total))
     {
         memcpy(streamBuffer->buffer + streamBuffer->offset, ptr, written);
         streamBuffer->offset += written;
@@ -273,28 +273,74 @@ void Downloader::prepareDownload(const std::string &srcUrl, const std::string &s
     }
 }
 
-bool Downloader::prepareHeader(void *curl, const std::string &srcUrl) const
+#if(CC_TARGET_PLATFORM == CC_PLATFORM_WP8 || CC_TARGET_PLATFORM == CC_PLATFORM_WINRT)
+Downloader::HeaderInfo Downloader::prepare(const std::string &srcUrl)
 {
-    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, srcUrl.c_str());
-    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);
-    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1);
-    if (curl_easy_perform(curl) == CURLE_OK)
-        return true;
+    return prepareHeader(srcUrl);
+}
+#endif
+
+Downloader::HeaderInfo Downloader::prepareHeader(const std::string &srcUrl, void* header/* = nullptr */)
+{
+    bool headerGiven = true;
+    HeaderInfo info;
+    info.valid = false;
+    
+    if (!header)
+    {
+        headerGiven = false;
+        header = curl_easy_init();
+    }
+    
+    curl_easy_setopt(header, CURLOPT_URL, srcUrl.c_str());
+    curl_easy_setopt(header, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);
+    curl_easy_setopt(header, CURLOPT_NOBODY, 1);
+    if (curl_easy_perform(header) == CURLE_OK)
+    {
+        char *url;
+        char *contentType;
+        curl_easy_getinfo(header, CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL, &url);
+        curl_easy_getinfo(header, CURLINFO_CONTENT_TYPE, &contentType);
+        curl_easy_getinfo(header, CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD, &info.contentSize);
+        curl_easy_getinfo(header, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &info.responseCode);
+        info.url = url;
+        info.contentType = contentType;
+        info.valid = true;
+        
+        if (_onHeader)
+        {
+            _onHeader(srcUrl, info);
+        }
+    }
     else
-        return false;
+    {
+        info.contentSize = -1;
+        std::string msg = StringUtils::format("Can not get content size of file (%s) : Request header failed", srcUrl.c_str());
+        this->notifyError(ErrorCode::PREPARE_HEADER_ERROR, msg);
+    }
+    
+    if (!headerGiven) {
+        curl_easy_cleanup(header);
+    }
+    
+    return info;
 }
 
-long Downloader::getContentSize(const std::string &srcUrl) const
+long Downloader::getContentSize(const std::string &srcUrl)
 {
-    double contentLength = -1;
-    CURL *header = curl_easy_init();
-    if (prepareHeader(header, srcUrl))
-    {
-        curl_easy_getinfo(header, CURLINFO_CONTENT_LENGTH_DOWNLOAD, &contentLength);
-    }
-    curl_easy_cleanup(header);
-    
-    return contentLength;
+    HeaderInfo info = prepareHeader(srcUrl);
+    return info.contentSize;
+}
+
+void Downloader::getHeaderAsync(const std::string &srcUrl, const HeaderCallback &callback)
+{
+    setHeaderCallback(callback);
+#if(CC_TARGET_PLATFORM == CC_PLATFORM_WP8 || CC_TARGET_PLATFORM == CC_PLATFORM_WINRT)
+    auto t = std::thread(&Downloader::prepare, this, srcUrl);
+#else
+    auto t = std::thread(&Downloader::prepareHeader, this, srcUrl, nullptr);
+#endif
+    t.detach();
 }
 
 void Downloader::downloadToBufferAsync(const std::string &srcUrl, unsigned char *buffer, const long &size, const std::string &customId/* = ""*/)
@@ -482,11 +528,10 @@ void Downloader::batchDownloadSync(const DownloadUnits &units, const std::string
         CURL *header = curl_easy_init();
         // Make a resume request
         curl_easy_setopt(header, CURLOPT_RESUME_FROM_LARGE, 0);
-        if (prepareHeader(header, units.begin()->second.srcUrl))
+        HeaderInfo headerInfo = prepareHeader(units.begin()->second.srcUrl, header);
+        if (headerInfo.valid)
         {
-            long responseCode;
-            curl_easy_getinfo(header, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &responseCode);
-            if (responseCode == HTTP_CODE_SUPPORT_RESUME)
+            if (headerInfo.responseCode == HTTP_CODE_SUPPORT_RESUME)
             {
                 _supportResuming = true;
             }
@@ -682,4 +727,4 @@ void Downloader::groupBatchDownload(const DownloadUnits &units)
     clearBatchDownloadData();
 }
 
-NS_CC_EXT_END
+NS_CC_EXT_END
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diff --git a/extensions/assets-manager/Downloader.h b/extensions/assets-manager/Downloader.h
index 55fb405c3e..c012787daa 100644
--- a/extensions/assets-manager/Downloader.h
+++ b/extensions/assets-manager/Downloader.h
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ public:
 
         INVALID_URL,
 
-        INVALID_STORAGE_PATH
+        INVALID_STORAGE_PATH,
+        
+        PREPARE_HEADER_ERROR
     };
 
     struct Error
@@ -99,11 +101,21 @@ public:
         unsigned char *buffer;
     };
     
+    struct HeaderInfo
+    {
+        bool valid;
+        std::string url;
+        std::string contentType;
+        double contentSize;
+        double responseCode;
+    };
+    
     typedef std::unordered_map<std::string, DownloadUnit> DownloadUnits;
     
     typedef std::function<void(const Downloader::Error &)> ErrorCallback;
     typedef std::function<void(double, double, const std::string &, const std::string &)> ProgressCallback;
     typedef std::function<void(const std::string &, const std::string &, const std::string &)> SuccessCallback;
+    typedef std::function<void(const std::string &, const HeaderInfo &)> HeaderCallback;
 
     int getConnectionTimeout();
 
@@ -114,6 +126,8 @@ public:
     void setProgressCallback(const ProgressCallback &callback) { _onProgress = callback; };
     
     void setSuccessCallback(const SuccessCallback &callback) { _onSuccess = callback; };
+    
+    void setHeaderCallback(const HeaderCallback &callback) { _onHeader = callback; };
 
     ErrorCallback getErrorCallback() const { return _onError; };
 
@@ -121,7 +135,11 @@ public:
 
     SuccessCallback getSuccessCallback() const { return _onSuccess; };
     
-    long getContentSize(const std::string &srcUrl) const;
+    HeaderCallback getHeaderCallback() const { return _onHeader; };
+    
+    long getContentSize(const std::string &srcUrl);
+    
+    void getHeaderAsync(const std::string &srcUrl, const HeaderCallback &callback);
     
     void downloadToBufferAsync(const std::string &srcUrl, unsigned char *buffer, const long &size, const std::string &customId = "");
     
@@ -152,7 +170,10 @@ protected:
 
     void prepareDownload(const std::string &srcUrl, const std::string &storagePath, const std::string &customId, bool resumeDownload, FileDescriptor *fDesc, ProgressData *pData);
     
-    bool prepareHeader(void *curl, const std::string &srcUrl) const;
+#if(CC_TARGET_PLATFORM == CC_PLATFORM_WP8 || CC_TARGET_PLATFORM == CC_PLATFORM_WINRT)
+    HeaderInfo prepare(const std::string &srcUrl);
+#endif
+    HeaderInfo prepareHeader(const std::string &srcUrl, void* header = nullptr);
     
     void downloadToBuffer(const std::string &srcUrl, const std::string &customId, const StreamData &buffer, const ProgressData &data);
 
@@ -175,6 +196,8 @@ private:
     ProgressCallback _onProgress;
 
     SuccessCallback _onSuccess;
+    
+    HeaderCallback _onHeader;
 
     std::string getFileNameFromUrl(const std::string &srcUrl);
     
@@ -193,4 +216,4 @@ int downloadProgressFunc(Downloader::ProgressData *ptr, double totalToDownload,
 
 NS_CC_EXT_END
 
-#endif /* defined(__Downloader__) */
+#endif /* defined(__Downloader__) */
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