Location

E200850

The Location header field is an HTTP response header used to indicate the URL to which a client should be redirected or where a newly created resource can be found.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Location canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf HTTP response header field ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Location HTTP header ⓘ
associatedWithMethod DELETE ⓘ
GET ⓘ
PATCH ⓘ
POST ⓘ
PUT ⓘ
belongsTo HTTP/1.1 specification ⓘ
linked to: HTTP/1.1

HTTP/2 specification ⓘ
HTTP/3 specification ⓘ
linked to: HTTP/3
controlsBehavior automatic redirection by clients ⓘ
definedIn RFC 7231 ⓘ
RFC 9110 ⓘ
exampleUsage HTTP/1.1 201 Created\r\nLocation: https://api.example.com/resources/123\r\n ⓘ
HTTP/1.1 302 Found\r\nLocation: https://example.com/\r\n ⓘ
exampleValue https://example.com/new-location ⓘ
governs where subsequent request should be sent ⓘ
hasPrimaryPurpose indicate redirect target URI ⓘ
hasSecondaryPurpose indicate URI of newly created resource ⓘ
headerName Location ⓘ
isRequestHeader false ⓘ
isResponseHeader true ⓘ
mustContain valid URI according to RFC 3986 ⓘ
processingRule client may follow redirect based on status code and method ⓘ
relatedConcept HTTP redirection ⓘ
resource creation ⓘ
relatedHeader Content-Location header ⓘ
scope single HTTP response ⓘ
securityConsideration can be used in open redirect vulnerabilities ⓘ
should not point to untrusted or user-controlled arbitrary domains without validation ⓘ
semanticsWith201 URI of newly created resource ⓘ
semanticsWith3xx URI to which client should redirect ⓘ
usedBy HTTP clients ⓘ
HTTP user agents ⓘ
web browsers ⓘ
usedInProtocol HTTP ⓘ
usedWithStatusCode 201 Created ⓘ
301 Moved Permanently ⓘ
302 Found ⓘ
303 See Other ⓘ
307 Temporary Redirect ⓘ
308 Permanent Redirect ⓘ
3xx Redirection status codes ⓘ
valueType URI ⓘ
absolute URI ⓘ
relative reference (in some contexts) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

RFC 7231 → definesHeaderField → Location ⓘ