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Diffstat (limited to 'docs/cmdline-opts/location.d')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/location.d b/docs/cmdline-opts/location.d index 7c70e6981..c70b2eba8 100644 --- a/docs/cmdline-opts/location.d +++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/location.d @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Long: location Short: L Help: Follow redirects Protocols: HTTP +Category: http --- 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 @@ -13,11 +14,13 @@ 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 the request is not a plain GET (for example -POST or PUT), it will do 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. +When curl follows a redirect and if the request is a POST, it will do 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 the non-GET request method to GET after a 30x -response by using the dedicated options for that: --post301, --post302 and ---post303. +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. |