Location HTTP header

E736182

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

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
HTTP 303 redirect 1
Location HTTP header canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf HTTP response header field ⓘ
applicableTo HTTP/1.0 ⓘ
HTTP/1.1 ⓘ
HTTP/2 ⓘ
HTTP/3 ⓘ
canContainFragment true ⓘ
commonlyUsedWithMethod GET ⓘ
POST ⓘ
PUT ⓘ
controls client redirection target ⓘ
definedIn RFC 7231 ⓘ
RFC 9110 ⓘ
exampleValue Location: /login ⓘ
Location: https://example.com/new-resource ⓘ
for3xxStatus indicates redirect target URI ⓘ
forStatus201 identifies newly created resource URI ⓘ
hasPrimaryPurpose indicate redirect target URI ⓘ
hasSecondaryPurpose indicate URI of newly created resource ⓘ
hasValueType URI ⓘ
absolute URI ⓘ
relative reference ⓘ
headerCategory response header ⓘ
headerName Location ⓘ
interpretedBy user agents ⓘ
web browsers ⓘ
introducedIn HTTP/1.0 ⓘ
isEndToEndHeader true ⓘ
isHopByHopHeader false ⓘ
mayBeRelativeIn RFC 7231 and later ⓘ
mustBeAbsoluteIn older HTTP specifications ⓘ
processedDuring redirect handling ⓘ
relatedConcept HTTP redirection ⓘ
REST resource creation ⓘ
relatedHeader Content-Location HTTP header ⓘ
securityConsideration information disclosure via URLs ⓘ
open redirect risk ⓘ
semanticsDependOn status code ⓘ
usedInProtocol HTTP ⓘ
usedWithStatusCode 201 Created ⓘ
202 Accepted ⓘ
301 Moved Permanently ⓘ
302 Found ⓘ
303 See Other ⓘ
307 Temporary Redirect ⓘ
308 Permanent Redirect ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Location header → alsoKnownAs → Location HTTP header ⓘ
subject linked to: Location
Linked Data Design Issues → describesConcept → HTTP 303 redirect ⓘ
linked to: Location HTTP header