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lh9ed821d2023-04-07 01:36:19 -07001Long: location
2Short: L
3Help: Follow redirects
4Protocols: HTTP
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6If the server reports that the requested page has moved to a different
7location (indicated with a Location: header and a 3XX response code), this
8option will make curl redo the request on the new place. If used together with
9--include or --head, headers from all requested pages will be shown. When
10authentication is used, curl only sends its credentials to the initial
11host. If a redirect takes curl to a different host, it won't be able to
12intercept the user+password. See also --location-trusted on how to change
13this. You can limit the amount of redirects to follow by using the
14--max-redirs option.
15
16When curl follows a redirect and the request is not a plain GET (for example
17POST or PUT), it will do the following request with a GET if the HTTP response
18was 301, 302, or 303. If the response code was any other 3xx code, curl will
19re-send the following request using the same unmodified method.
20
21You can tell curl to not change the non-GET request method to GET after a 30x
22response by using the dedicated options for that: --post301, --post302 and
23--post303.