302 Found | HTTP Status Code

Explanation

The 302 (Found) status code indicates that the target resource resides temporarily under a different URI. Since the redirection might be altered on occasion, the client SHOULD continue to use the original URI for future requests.

The server SHOULD generate a Location header field in the response containing a URI reference for the different URI. The user agent MAY use the Location field value for automatic redirection. The server's response payload usually contains a short hypertext note with a hyperlink to the different URI.

There are many implementation differences between browsers in how they handle 302 redirects with respect to POST methods and subsequent request methods. Because of this inconsistency, 307 (Temporary Redirect) and 303 (See Other) were created to disambiguate from 302.

Example Response

HTTP/1.1 302 Found
Location: https://www.example.com/temporary-page
Content-Type: text/html

<html>
<head>
<title>Found</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Found</h1>
<p>The document has moved <a href='https://www.example.com/temporary-page'>here</a>.</p>
</body>
</html>

Related Status Codes

301 301 Moved Permanently 303 303 See Other 307 307 Temporary Redirect