Http Redirect Step

Use the Http Redirect step to redirect the browser to go to a specified URL instead of responding directly to an HTTP or HTTPS request.

You can, for example, use this step to redirect the browser to a different server.

A script should use only one of the following steps from the Http Contact palette to respond to an HTTP or HTTPS request:

• Http Redirect

• HTTP Forward

• Send Http Response

If you use the Http Redirect step, you should not use either a HTTP Forward or Send Response step in the same sequence within a script, because using any one of these three steps moves the Http Contact into a final state when the response is returned back to the browser. The script cannot attempt to send another response back because one has already been sent. If, however, a script has some conditional logic, you can use one of these three steps in one condition and another in another condition.

Note	You can also use the Reject and Terminate steps from the Contact palette as responses to an HTTP or HTTPS request. For more information, see Contact Steps.

Figure shows the customizer window for the Http Redirect step.

The following table describes the properties of the Http Redirect customizer window.

Property	Description
Http Contact	Contact that triggers the execution of the step. Default is Triggering Contact, unless another contact is specified.
URL	Supports HTTP and HTTPS triggers. Variable containing—or an expression resolving to—a URL to which the browser is redirected.