The Location
response header indicates the URL to redirect a page to. It only provides a meaning when served with a 3xx
(redirection) or 201
(created) status response.
In cases of redirection, the HTTP method used to make the new request to fetch the page pointed to by Location
depends of the original method and of the kind of redirection:
303
(See Also) responses always lead to the use of a GET
method, 307
(Temporary Redirect) and 308
(Permanent Redirect) don't change the method used in the original request;301
(Permanent Redirect) and 302
(Found) doesn't change the method most of the time, though older user-agents may (so you basically don't know).All responses with one of these status codes send a Location
header.
In cases of resource creation, it indicates the URL to the newly created resource.
Location
and Content-Location
are different: Location
indicates the target of a redirection (or the URL of a newly created resource), while Content-Location
indicates the direct URL to use to access the resource when content negotiation happened, without the need of further content negotiation. Location
is a header associated with the response, while Content-Location
is associated with the entity returned.
Header type | Response header |
---|---|
Forbidden header name | no |
Location: <url>
Location: /index.html
Specification | Title |
---|---|
RFC 7231, section 7.1.2: Location | Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP/1.1): Semantics and Content |
Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Feature | Android webview | Chrome for Android | Edge mobile | Firefox for Android | IE mobile | Opera Android | iOS Safari |
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Basic support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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