Sending redirect require a body

[reikje]

Doing this:

render.status(HttpResponseStatus.MOVED_PERMANENTLY.getCode).header("Location", redirectUrl).toFuture

does not work because of the missing body. Responds with a 500 instead.

[capotej]

This is how 'redirect' is defined

  def redirect(location: String, message: String = "moved") = {
    render.plain(message).status(301).header("Location", location)
  }

You explicitly want to send a blank message? For now you can do:

render.plain("").status(302).header("Location", redirectUrl)

[twoism]

Just a heads up. According to the RFC unless the http method is HEAD the response body should at least include a hyperlink to the redirect url. As I recall some browsers will choke if this requirement isn't satisfied.

[capotej]

+1, added a ticket to track here #49

Also, we should add an optional argument to redirect for permanent = false to send 301 or 302

[reikje]

Alright, so this is "as designed" then I guess. I only found this while
porting an existing Finagle REST api to Finatra. In Finagle you can
redirect without a body, i.e.

Response response = Response.apply(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1,
HttpResponseStatus.MOVED_PERMANENTLY);
response.addHeader("Location", signedGamereportUrl);
return response;

but I guess that's not according to the RFC then.

/Reik

On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 7:57 PM, Julio Capote notifications@github.comwrote:

+1, added a ticket to track here #49#49

Also, we should add an optional argument to redirect for permanent = falseto send 301 or 302

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[capotej]

You can now send permanent redirects (34dd510), however this will add a message for you. If you wish to permanent redirect without a message, the workaround posted above should still work. Let me know if this satisfies your use case. Thanks!

[reikje]

Thank you, sounds great. I'am fine with the message.

On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 6:44 PM, Julio Capote notifications@github.comwrote:

You can now send permanent redirects, however this will add a message for
you. If you wish to permanent redirect without a message, the workaround
posted above should still work. Let me know if this satisfies your use
case. Thanks!

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