HTTP Status Code for Resource with Multiple URIs

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Which HTTP status code should be used when redirecting from a secondary URL to a primary URL?

For example, if the "official" URL of a Contact page is /contact-us and I want to provide /contact as a shorthand convenience, what would be the appropriate status code?

user1907906 · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-22 15:28:32Z

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Use one of these:

301 Moved Permanently
302 Found
303 See Other

From your question I think 303 See other is most appropriate.

answered Jul 22, 2014 at 15:28

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cantera Over a year ago

Thanks for responding. I was scared off by 303 after reading this from the page you linked: "A 303 response to a GET request indicates that the origin server does not have a representation of the target resource that can be transferred by the server over HTTP." However it does seem to be the best available option.

ZhongYu Over a year ago

@cantera 303 is appropriate for most use cases. 301 is actually problematic here - the client may establish a permanent association from /contact to /contact-us, but obviously you don't want that to be permanent.

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