FollowRedirects
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FollowRedirects
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is an option for URLRead and related functions that specifies whether to follow HTTP redirects when retrieving a URL.
Details

- With FollowRedirects->True, functions like URLRead return the content from the end of any chain of redirects that exists.
- With FollowRedirects->False, functions like URLRead return an HTTPResponse object that represents a redirect. URLExecute returns Failure in this case.
Examples
Basic Examples (1)Summary of the most common use cases
Wolfram Research (2016), FollowRedirects, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FollowRedirects.html.
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Wolfram Research (2016), FollowRedirects, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FollowRedirects.html.
Text
Wolfram Research (2016), FollowRedirects, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FollowRedirects.html.
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Wolfram Research (2016), FollowRedirects, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FollowRedirects.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2016. "FollowRedirects." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FollowRedirects.html.
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Wolfram Language. 2016. "FollowRedirects." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FollowRedirects.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2016). FollowRedirects. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FollowRedirects.html
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Wolfram Language. (2016). FollowRedirects. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FollowRedirects.html
BibTeX
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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_followredirects, author="Wolfram Research", title="{FollowRedirects}", year="2016", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FollowRedirects.html}", note=[Accessed: 07-June-2025
]}
BibLaTeX
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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_followredirects, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={FollowRedirects}, year={2016}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FollowRedirects.html}, note=[Accessed: 07-June-2025
]}