Query URL without redirect in Go

Question

I am writing a benchmark test for a redirect script.

I wisg my program to query certain URL that redirects to AppStore. But I do not wish to download AppStore page.

Answer 1

You need to use an http.Transport instead of an http.Client. Transport is lower-level and does not follow redirects.

req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://example.com/redirectToAppStore", nil)
// ...
resp, err := http.DefaultTransport.RoundTrip(req)