302 Found
Temporary redirect that historically lets clients change POST to GET.
302Redirection
- What it means
- Temporary redirect that historically lets clients change POST to GET.
- In practice
- 302 predates the cleaner codes and carries legacy behaviour: most clients rewrite a POST to a GET when following it. If you are redirecting after a form submission, 303 says that explicitly; if the method must be preserved, 307 guarantees it. 302 remains fine for the everyday “this page is over there for now” case.
- Whose problem is it?
- Nobody — the resource is elsewhere, and the client is being told where.
Often confused with