Automatically Follow HTTP Redirects (301/302)

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The Chilkat HTTP component will automatically follow 301 and 302 redirects when the FollowRedirects property is set to true. This property only applies to the QuickGet and QuickGetStr methods.

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();
bool unlocked = http.UnlockComponent("Any string begins 30-day trial");
if (!unlocked)
{
    MessageBox.Show("Failed to unlock HTTP component");
    return;
}

// Make sure FollowRedirects is on:
http.FollowRedirects = true;

// Fetch a page that is a link from Yahoo.  This is a redirect to
// http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/
// Because FollowRedirects is on, Chilkat HTTP will automatically follow the
// redirect and return the HTML from zakon.org.
string htmlPage = http.QuickGetStr("http://rds.yahoo.com/S=568419:D1/CS=568419/SS=693230/SIG=11i53q6qp/*http%3A//www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/");

if (htmlPage == null)
{
    MessageBox.Show(http.LastErrorText);
}
else
{
    textBox1.Text = htmlPage;
}

Important: The download for this example does not contain the ChilkatDotNet.dll which
must be downloaded and installed separately at http://www.chilkatsoft.com/downloads.asp.
Once installed, add a reference to the DLL in the project by following the instructions at
http://www.example-code.com/csharp/step2.asp