| Long: location |
| Short: L |
| Help: Follow redirects |
| Protocols: HTTP |
| Category: http |
| Example: -L $URL |
| Added: 4.9 |
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| If the server reports that the requested page has moved to a different |
| location (indicated with a Location: header and a 3XX response code), this |
| option will make curl redo the request on the new place. If used together with |
| --include or --head, headers from all requested pages will be shown. When |
| authentication is used, curl only sends its credentials to the initial |
| host. If a redirect takes curl to a different host, it will not be able to |
| intercept the user+password. See also --location-trusted on how to change |
| this. You can limit the amount of redirects to follow by using the |
| --max-redirs option. |
| |
| When curl follows a redirect and if the request is a POST, it will send the |
| following request with a GET if the HTTP response was 301, 302, or 303. If the |
| response code was any other 3xx code, curl will re-send the following request |
| using the same unmodified method. |
| |
| You can tell curl to not change POST requests to GET after a 30x response by |
| using the dedicated options for that: --post301, --post302 and --post303. |
| |
| The method set with --request overrides the method curl would otherwise select |
| to use. |
