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title: "C04. Follow Redirects"
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order: 4
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status: "draft"
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---
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By default, cpp-httplib does not follow HTTP redirects (3xx). If the server returns `302 Found`, you'll get it as a response with status code 302 — nothing more.
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To follow redirects automatically, call `set_follow_location(true)`.
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## Follow redirects
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```cpp
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httplib::Client cli("http://example.com");
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cli.set_follow_location(true);
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auto res = cli.Get("/old-path");
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if (res && res->status == 200) {
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std::cout << res->body << std::endl;
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}
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```
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With `set_follow_location(true)`, the client reads the `Location` header and reissues the request to the new URL automatically. The final response ends up in `res`.
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## Redirects from HTTP to HTTPS
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```cpp
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httplib::Client cli("http://example.com");
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cli.set_follow_location(true);
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auto res = cli.Get("/");
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```
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Many sites redirect HTTP traffic to HTTPS. With `set_follow_location(true)` on, this case is handled transparently — the client follows redirects even when the scheme or host changes.
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> **Warning:** To follow redirects to HTTPS, you need to build cpp-httplib with OpenSSL (or another TLS backend). Without TLS support, redirects to HTTPS will fail.
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> **Note:** Following redirects adds to the total request time. See [C12. Set timeouts](../c12-timeouts) for timeout configuration.
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