HTTP status codes / 3xx — Redirection

303 See Other

In one sentence

Redirect that explicitly tells the client to GET another URL.

What it means

The "your POST was processed, now GET the result over there" redirect — the backbone of the POST→redirect→GET pattern that prevents duplicate form submissions. The follow-up request is always a GET.

Common causes

Reproduce it in cURL

curl -i -X POST https://httpbin.org/status/303

Same request, no terminal: paste this into the cURL converter for native code, or straight into ReqPad on your phone.

How to debug it

Expected after form-style POSTs; the redirect target should be fetched with GET regardless of the original method.

The fastest way to pin down a 303 is to reproduce the exact request and inspect what actually went over the wire — status, headers, timing and body, without your app code in the way. That is what an API client is for; ReqPad does it from your phone, with every request saved to history.

Related codes

300 Multiple Choices · 301 Moved Permanently · 302 Found · 304 Not Modified · 307 Temporary Redirect · 308 Permanent Redirect — or the full reference.

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