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An HTTP response with this status code will additionally provide a URL in the header field Location. This is an invitation to the user agent (e.g. a web browser) to make a second, otherwise identical, request to the new URL specified in the location field. The end result is a redirection to the new URL.
This class of status code indicates the client must take additional action to complete the request. Many of these status codes are used in URL redirection. [2] A user agent may carry out the additional action with no user interaction only if the method used in the second request is GET or HEAD. A user agent may automatically redirect a request.
URL hijacking is an off-domain redirect technique [3] that exploited the nature of the search engine's handling for temporary redirects. If a temporary redirect is encountered, search engines have to decide whether they assign the ranking value to the URL that initializes the redirect or to the redirect target URL.
The PURL concept allows for generalized URL curation of HTTP URIs on the World Wide Web. PURLs allow third party control over both URL resolution and resource metadata provision. A URL is simply an address of a resource on the World Wide Web. A Persistent URL is an address on the World Wide Web that causes a redirection to another Web resource.
The HTTP Location header field is returned in responses from an HTTP server under two circumstances: . To ask a web browser to load a different web page (URL redirection).In this circumstance, the Location header should be sent with an HTTP status code of 3xx.
CORS defines a way in which a browser and server can interact to determine whether it is safe to allow the cross-origin request. [1] It allows for more freedom and functionality than purely same-origin requests, but is more secure than simply allowing all cross-origin requests.
An example of iterative DNS redirection of content request in CDNI. Before any request redirection, the CDN-B (dCDN) announces information on supported footprint and capabilities. The UE performs a DNS lookup for a server cdn.csp.com in the domain of the CSP from which it is going to download the content.
The Web Proxy Auto-Discovery (WPAD) Protocol is a method used by clients to locate the URL of a configuration file using DHCP and/or DNS discovery methods. Once detection and download of the configuration file is complete, it can be executed to determine the proxy for a specified URL.