Why http.Redirect do redirect via html?
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Vladislav (wennerryle)
Feb 23, 2025, 2:10:53 PMFeb 23
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I solved gophercises and on the second exercise I wrote this code:
But on the solution of exercise I see this method: http.Redirect(...) So, I looked into implementation of that method, and discovered that it do redirection via html, but Mozilla write it about redirection:
HTTP redirects are the best way to create redirections, but sometimes you don't have control over the server.
And redirection in that case, is the case where I have control over the server, so what's the reason of redirection via html?
func mapHandler(
provider func(string) (string, error),
w http.ResponseWriter,
r *http.Request) {
longUrl, err := provider(r.URL.Path)
if err != nil {
w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
fmt.Fprintln(w, err.Error())
return
}
w.Header().Add("Location", longUrl)
w.WriteHeader(http.StatusTemporaryRedirect)
}
But on the solution of exercise I see this method: http.Redirect(...) So, I looked into implementation of that method, and discovered that it do redirection via html, but Mozilla write it about redirection:
HTTP redirects are the best way to create redirections, but sometimes you don't have control over the server.
And redirection in that case, is the case where I have control over the server, so what's the reason of redirection via html?
Sean Liao
Feb 23, 2025, 2:58:30 PMFeb 23
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it redirects with a status code and location header, it just also sends a body
the comments in the code explains why
- sean
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