python catch web redirection

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my problem is about Web redirect ,, i'm using urllib>getcode() to know what status codes return

so here is my code

import urllib
a = urllib.urlopen("http://www.site.com/incorrect-tDirectory")
a.getcode()

a.getcode() return 200 but actually it's redirect to main page and i've check references that says redirect should return as i remember 300 or 301 but it's not 200 hopefully you got me so my question how to catch the redirection

Lev Levitsky · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-11 20:37:31Z

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urllib2.urlopen() doc page says:

This function returns a file-like object with two additional methods:

geturl() — return the URL of the resource retrieved, commonly used to determine if a redirect was followed
info() — return the meta-information of the page, such as headers, in the form of an mimetools.Message instance (see Quick Reference to HTTP Headers)

urllib.urlopen() actually implements geturl(), too, but it's not put as explicitly in the documentation.

answered Mar 11, 2012 at 20:37

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