Getting the location from a WebClient on a HTTP 302 Redirect?
- by Michael Stum
I have a URL that returns a HTTP 302 redirect, and I would like to get the URL it redirects to.
The problem is that System.Net.WebClient seems to actually follow it, which is bad. HttpWebRequest seems to do the same.
Is there a way to make a simple HTTP Request and get back the target Location without the WebClient following it?
I'm tempted to…