How to prevent apache http client from following a redirect

Question

I\'m connecting to a remote server with apache http client. the remote server sends a redirect, and i want to achieve that my client isn\'t following the redirect automatica

Answer 1

This worked for me:

HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("www.google.com");
HttpParams params = httpGet.getParams();
params.setParameter(ClientPNames.HANDLE_REDIRECTS, Boolean.FALSE);
httpGet.setParams(params);