Follow Redirects

Automatically follow 3xx redirects

cURL Command

curl -L https://example.com/short-url

Flag-by-flag explanation

-L
Follow redirects (curl does not follow by default)

Python equivalent

import requests
r = requests.get("https://example.com/short-url")  # redirects=True by default

JavaScript fetch equivalent

await fetch("https://example.com/short-url", { redirect: "follow" });  # default

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