c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, , et al. SPDX-License-Identifier: curl Long: location Short: L Help: Follow redirects Protocols: HTTP Category: http Example: -L $URL Added: 4.9 See-also: resolve alt-svc Multi: boolean --- 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 option will make curl redo the request on the new place. If used together with --include or --head, headers from all requested pages will be shown. When authentication is used, curl only sends its credentials to the initial host. If a redirect takes curl to a different host, it will not be able to 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 if the request is a POST, it will send 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 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.