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| Apr 19, 2024 | » | Client/Server Interface
8 min; updated Apr 19, 2024
How to handle redirects without setting window.location.href? Right now, there’s a pattern of doing: sendHTTPRequest("POST", "/login/", {}) .then((_) => { window.location.href = "/"; }) .catch((err) => { console.error(err); }); Isn’t this something that the server can do? In response, why not issue a redirect? Screenshot of the redirect chain from /login. The POST request gets a 303 (See Other) redirect to /home. The browser then makes a GET request to /home, which results in a 304 (Not Modified).... |