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HTTP status 302 vs 307 Redirection

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2068418/whats-the-difference-between-a-302-and-a-307-redirect

The difference concerns redirecting POSTPUT and DELETE requests and what the expectations of the server are for the user agent behavior (RFC 2616):

Note: RFC 1945 and RFC 2068 specify that the client is not allowed to change the method on the redirected request. However, most existing user agent implementations treat 302 as if it were a 303 response, performing a GET on the Location field-value regardless of the original request method. The status codes 303 and 307 have been added for servers that wish to make unambiguously clear which kind of reaction is expected of the client.

Also, read Wikipedia article on the 30x redirection codes.

EXPECTED for 302: redirect uses same request method POST on NEW_URL

CLIENT POST OLD_URL -> SERVER 302 NEW_URL -> CLIENT POST NEW_URL

ACTUAL for 302, 303: redirect changes request method from POST to GET on NEW_URL

CLIENT POST OLD_URL -> SERVER 302 NEW_URL -> CLIENT GET NEW_URL (redirect uses GET)
CLIENT POST OLD_URL -> SERVER 303 NEW_URL -> CLIENT GET NEW_URL (redirect uses GET)

ACTUAL for 307: redirect uses same request method POST on NEW_URL

CLIENT POST OLD_URL -> SERVER 307 NEW_URL -> CLIENT POST NEW_URL

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