The follow redirects plugin allows the client to send subsequent requests whenever the response is of the Redirect (3XX) variant.
It also allows one to set the maximum number of redirects (default is 3):
http = HTTPX.plugin(:follow_redirects)
http.max_redirects(42).get("https://example.com/redirect41times")
# or
http.get("https://example.com/redirect41times", max_redirects: 42)
By default, insecure redirects (https to http) aren’t followed. If you want to allow them however, you can enable this option:
http = HTTPX.plugin(:follow_redirects)
http.get("https://redirecttohttp", follow_insecure_redirects: true)
Since v0.10.0, response redirection will be delayed if the redirect response carries a retry-after header. This is a standard way the server communicates to the client how long to wait before doing the next request.
Next: Retries