How to forward headers on HTTP redirect

Question

I'm writing a webapp that responses an HTTP redirect. Is there a way to force the client to forward the headers I include in the response to the new url?

Example request:

POST /insertion HTTP/1.1
Content-Length: 9

(content)

Webapp response:

HTTP/1.x 302 Found
Location: /dock
Mydata: asdf

Next client request:

GET /dock HTTP/1.1
Mydata: asdf

Update: It seems I wasn't clear on the matter. I know cookies would be useful, but I can't use them. Do you know whether exists something like what i'm searching for?

score 46 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 28 '09 at 14:34

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Other than HTTP cookies, there's nothing in the protocol specification about forwarding headers. The client needs to implement this functionality.

answered Dec 28 '09 at 14:34

Darin Dimitrov

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Are there any popular clients that _do_? – Jacob Ford Apr 03 '20 at 02:34

score 28 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 28 '09 at 14:37

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Put your data in the new url as an argument:

HTTP/1.x 302 Found
Location: /dock?data=asdf

or save it in cookies

HTTP/1.x 302 Found
Location: /dock
Set-Cookie: data=asdf

answered Dec 28 '09 at 14:37

iamamac

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score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 28 '09 at 14:31

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This is what cookies are used for. You can set it for the browser session and invalidate it after the next request.

answered Dec 28 '09 at 14:31

Gumbo

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That doesn't work so great if the redirects span different domains. – Ryan J. McDonough Oct 06 '15 at 14:01
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Or if you use stateless requests. – cadavre Feb 09 '16 at 16:47

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