diff --git a/src/calibre/scraper/qt.py b/src/calibre/scraper/qt.py
index 7b79b30b95..7c4dd0eb8b 100644
--- a/src/calibre/scraper/qt.py
+++ b/src/calibre/scraper/qt.py
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ class FakeResponse:
         self.queue = Queue()
         self.done = False
         self.final_url = ''
+        self._status = None
+        self._headers = []
         self.data = BytesIO()
 
     def _wait(self):
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ class FakeResponse:
         if res['action'] == 'input_error':
             raise Exception(res['error'])
         self.final_url = res['final_url']
+        self._status = res.get('http_code')
+        self._headers = res['headers']
         if 'error' in res:
             ex = URLError(res['error'])
             ex.worth_retry = bool(res.get('worth_retry'))
@@ -51,10 +55,35 @@ class FakeResponse:
     def tell(self, *a, **kw):
         return self.data.tell(*a, **kw)
 
-    def geturl(self):
+    @property
+    def url(self) -> str:
         self._wait()
         return self.final_url
 
+    @property
+    def status(self) -> int | None:
+        self._wait()
+        return self._status
+    code = status
+
+    @property
+    def headers(self):
+        self._wait()
+        from email.message import EmailMessage
+        ans = EmailMessage()
+        for k, v in self._headers:
+            ans[k] = v
+        return ans
+
+    def getcode(self) -> int | None:
+        return self.status
+
+    def geturl(self):
+        return self.url
+
+    def getinfo(self):
+        return self.headers
+
     def close(self):
         self.data.close()
 
@@ -206,9 +235,18 @@ class Browser:
         self.shutdown()
 
 
-def run_worker(tdir: str, user_agent: str, verify_ssl_certificates: bool):
+class WebEngineBrowser(Browser):
+
+    def is_method_ok(self, method: str) -> bool:
+        return method.upper() in ('GET', 'POST')
+
+    def run_worker(self) -> subprocess.Popen:
+        return run_worker(self.tdir, self.user_agent, self.verify_ssl_certificates, function='webengine_worker')
+
+
+def run_worker(tdir: str, user_agent: str, verify_ssl_certificates: bool, function: str = 'worker'):
     from calibre.utils.ipc.simple_worker import start_pipe_worker
-    return start_pipe_worker(f'from calibre.scraper.qt import worker; worker({tdir!r}, {user_agent!r}, {verify_ssl_certificates!r})')
+    return start_pipe_worker(f'from calibre.scraper.qt import {function}; {function}({tdir!r}, {user_agent!r}, {verify_ssl_certificates!r})')
 
 
 def worker(*args):
@@ -218,6 +256,13 @@ def worker(*args):
     worker(*args)
 
 
+def webengine_worker(*args):
+    from calibre.gui2 import must_use_qt
+    must_use_qt()
+    from .webengine_backend import worker
+    worker(*args)
+
+
 def develop():
     import sys
     br = Browser()
diff --git a/src/calibre/scraper/qt_backend.py b/src/calibre/scraper/qt_backend.py
index 0339005449..3dcefbbef9 100644
--- a/src/calibre/scraper/qt_backend.py
+++ b/src/calibre/scraper/qt_backend.py
@@ -104,8 +104,17 @@ class DownloadRequest(QObject):
     def as_result(self) -> dict[str, str]:
         self.save_data()
         e = self.reply.error()
-        result = {'action': 'finished', 'id': self.req_id, 'url': self.url, 'output': self.output_path,
-                  'final_url': qurl_to_string(self.reply.url())}
+        result = {
+            'action': 'finished', 'id': self.req_id, 'url': self.url, 'output': self.output_path,
+            'final_url': qurl_to_string(self.reply.url()), 'headers': []
+        }
+        h = result['headers']
+        for (k, v) in self.reply.rawHeaderPairs():
+            h.append((bytes(k).decode('utf-8', 'replace'), bytes(v).decode('utf-8', 'replace')))
+        if code := self.reply.attribute(QNetworkRequest.Attribute.HttpStatusCodeAttribute):
+            result['http_code'] = code
+        if msg := self.reply.attribute(QNetworkRequest.Attribute.HttpReasonPhraseAttribute):
+            result['http_status_message'] = msg
 
         if e != QNetworkReply.NetworkError.NoError:
             if e in (
@@ -299,10 +308,10 @@ def read_commands(backend: FetchBackend, tdir: str) -> None:
     backend.input_finished.emit(error_msg)
 
 
-def worker(tdir: str, user_agent: str, verify_ssl_certificates: bool) -> None:
+def worker(tdir: str, user_agent: str, verify_ssl_certificates: bool, backend_class: type = FetchBackend) -> None:
     app = QApplication.instance()
     sys.stdout = sys.stderr
-    backend = FetchBackend(parent=app, user_agent=user_agent, output_dir=tdir, verify_ssl_certificates=verify_ssl_certificates)
+    backend = backend_class(parent=app, user_agent=user_agent, output_dir=tdir, verify_ssl_certificates=verify_ssl_certificates)
     try:
         read_thread = Thread(target=read_commands, args=(backend, tdir), daemon=True)
         read_thread.start()