Is it possible to find out if the provided website has a re-direct?





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I am trying to build a front end application which will an input text box.



When a user enters an URL in the text field(ex www.google.com, wwww.facebook.com, www.linked.com, etc..), the web app should tell the user whether if the provided address has a re-direction?



Can it be done from ajax?










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  • AJAX likely won’t be able to request anything for most URLs your users will input, because of CORS not being enabled by many of them.

    – CBroe
    Aug 22 '16 at 12:01











  • Possible duplicate of Detecting a redirect in jQuery $.ajax?

    – Jeff Puckett
    Aug 22 '16 at 12:01











  • what if we enable the CORS in our website ?

    – Rajendra kumar Vankadari
    Aug 22 '16 at 12:02











  • you can check using curl. try this

    – Rohit Kishore
    Aug 22 '16 at 12:20




















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I am trying to build a front end application which will an input text box.



When a user enters an URL in the text field(ex www.google.com, wwww.facebook.com, www.linked.com, etc..), the web app should tell the user whether if the provided address has a re-direction?



Can it be done from ajax?










share|improve this question

























  • AJAX likely won’t be able to request anything for most URLs your users will input, because of CORS not being enabled by many of them.

    – CBroe
    Aug 22 '16 at 12:01











  • Possible duplicate of Detecting a redirect in jQuery $.ajax?

    – Jeff Puckett
    Aug 22 '16 at 12:01











  • what if we enable the CORS in our website ?

    – Rajendra kumar Vankadari
    Aug 22 '16 at 12:02











  • you can check using curl. try this

    – Rohit Kishore
    Aug 22 '16 at 12:20
















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I am trying to build a front end application which will an input text box.



When a user enters an URL in the text field(ex www.google.com, wwww.facebook.com, www.linked.com, etc..), the web app should tell the user whether if the provided address has a re-direction?



Can it be done from ajax?










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I am trying to build a front end application which will an input text box.



When a user enters an URL in the text field(ex www.google.com, wwww.facebook.com, www.linked.com, etc..), the web app should tell the user whether if the provided address has a re-direction?



Can it be done from ajax?







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  • AJAX likely won’t be able to request anything for most URLs your users will input, because of CORS not being enabled by many of them.

    – CBroe
    Aug 22 '16 at 12:01











  • Possible duplicate of Detecting a redirect in jQuery $.ajax?

    – Jeff Puckett
    Aug 22 '16 at 12:01











  • what if we enable the CORS in our website ?

    – Rajendra kumar Vankadari
    Aug 22 '16 at 12:02











  • you can check using curl. try this

    – Rohit Kishore
    Aug 22 '16 at 12:20





















  • AJAX likely won’t be able to request anything for most URLs your users will input, because of CORS not being enabled by many of them.

    – CBroe
    Aug 22 '16 at 12:01











  • Possible duplicate of Detecting a redirect in jQuery $.ajax?

    – Jeff Puckett
    Aug 22 '16 at 12:01











  • what if we enable the CORS in our website ?

    – Rajendra kumar Vankadari
    Aug 22 '16 at 12:02











  • you can check using curl. try this

    – Rohit Kishore
    Aug 22 '16 at 12:20



















AJAX likely won’t be able to request anything for most URLs your users will input, because of CORS not being enabled by many of them.

– CBroe
Aug 22 '16 at 12:01





AJAX likely won’t be able to request anything for most URLs your users will input, because of CORS not being enabled by many of them.

– CBroe
Aug 22 '16 at 12:01













Possible duplicate of Detecting a redirect in jQuery $.ajax?

– Jeff Puckett
Aug 22 '16 at 12:01





Possible duplicate of Detecting a redirect in jQuery $.ajax?

– Jeff Puckett
Aug 22 '16 at 12:01













what if we enable the CORS in our website ?

– Rajendra kumar Vankadari
Aug 22 '16 at 12:02





what if we enable the CORS in our website ?

– Rajendra kumar Vankadari
Aug 22 '16 at 12:02













you can check using curl. try this

– Rohit Kishore
Aug 22 '16 at 12:20







you can check using curl. try this

– Rohit Kishore
Aug 22 '16 at 12:20














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You can send a GET request to the URL and see what it returns.



Every HTTP response will come with a status code.



You can see the full list of HTTP status codes here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes



A 301 means the URL has a permanent redirect and a 302 means there is a temporary redirect.






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    You can send a GET request to the URL and see what it returns.



    Every HTTP response will come with a status code.



    You can see the full list of HTTP status codes here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes



    A 301 means the URL has a permanent redirect and a 302 means there is a temporary redirect.






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      You can send a GET request to the URL and see what it returns.



      Every HTTP response will come with a status code.



      You can see the full list of HTTP status codes here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes



      A 301 means the URL has a permanent redirect and a 302 means there is a temporary redirect.






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        You can send a GET request to the URL and see what it returns.



        Every HTTP response will come with a status code.



        You can see the full list of HTTP status codes here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes



        A 301 means the URL has a permanent redirect and a 302 means there is a temporary redirect.






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        You can send a GET request to the URL and see what it returns.



        Every HTTP response will come with a status code.



        You can see the full list of HTTP status codes here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes



        A 301 means the URL has a permanent redirect and a 302 means there is a temporary redirect.







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