curl/docs/cmdline-opts/follow.md
Daniel Stenberg 13cbabf05f
curl: add --follow
Makes curl follow redirects an act on the response code and change a
custom method accordingly, contrary to --location.

Potential future command line to send QUERY and following a redirect
according to the status code:

    curl -d "request-body" -X QUERY --follow https://example.com

add test 794,796,797

Assisted-by: Daniel Böhmer <post@daniel-boehmer.de>

Closes #16543
2025-08-04 17:12:14 +02:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Long: follow
Help: Follow redirects per spec
Category: http
Added: 8.16.0
Multi: boolean
See-also:
- request
- location
Example:
- -X POST --follow $URL
---
# `--follow`
Instructs curl to follow HTTP redirects and to do the custom request method
set with --request when following redirects as the HTTP specification says.
The method string set with --request is used in subsequent requests for the
status codes 307 or 308, but may be reset to GET for 301, 302 and 303.
This is subtly different than --location, as that option always set the custom
method in all subsequent requests independent of response code.