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Apr 25, 2011

Response redirect ONLY if browser URI gives an 404 error

Hello All, How does one redirect to an external URL in the response ONLY if the URI in the browser returns a 404? ex) When you hit a page and the URL in the browser is "http://xyz.co...

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Nov 01, 2011

To clarify, I assume that you want the redirect only if the web server returns a 404? You mentioned the browser (client), but it sounds like you want to intercept 404s.

We had this requirement years ago. Digging up some old code, here's how I handled it:

when HTTP_RESPONSE {

if { ([HTTP::status] equals "404") } {

HTTP::redirect ...