303 See Other | HTTP Status Code

Explanation

The 303 (See Other) status code indicates that the server is redirecting the user agent to a different resource, as indicated by a URI in the Location header field, which is intended to provide an indirect response to the original request.

A 303 response primarily indicates that the result of a POST operation can be found at a different URI and should be retrieved by a GET request to that resource. This is useful after a form submission or resource creation, redirecting the user to a results page.

A 303 response to a GET request indicates that the origin server does not have a representation of the target resource that can be transferred over HTTP. However, the Location field value refers to a resource that is descriptive of the target resource, so a human user may benefit from being redirected to it.

Note that many pre-HTTP/1.1 user agents do not understand the 303 status. When interoperability with such clients is a concern, the 302 status code may be used instead, since most user agents react to a 302 response as if it were a 303 response.

Example Response

HTTP/1.1 303 See Other
Location: https://www.example.com/results
Content-Type: text/html

<html>
<head>
<title>See Other</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>See Other</h1>
<p>The result of your request can be found <a href='https://www.example.com/results'>here</a>.</p>
</body>
</html>

Related Status Codes

302 302 Found 307 307 Temporary Redirect