java urlconnection get the final redirected URL

Question

I have a url which redirects to another url.I want to be able to get the final redirected URL.My code:

    public class testURLConnection
    {
    public st         


        

Answer 1

@JEETS Your fetchRedirectURL function may not work because there are a variety of HTTP codes for redirects. Change it to a range check and it will work.

public static String fetchRedirectURL(String url) throws IOException
    {
HttpURLConnection con =(HttpURLConnection) new URL( url ).openConnection();
//System.out.println( "orignal url: " + con.getURL() );
con.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false);
con.connect();

InputStream is = con.getInputStream();
if(con.getResponseCode()>=300 && con.getResponseCode() <400)
    return con.getHeaderField("Location");
else return null;
    }