linkfollower
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Node.js based command line utility that lets you follow redirects to see where http URLs end up. Useful for shortened URLs.
Node.js based command line utility for finding out where a shortened (or any other) HTTP URL end up. Follows up to 10 redirects. Now also adds Ms Edge User-Agent header to requests since Facebook won't redirect unsupported browsers from fb.me addresses.
npm install -g linkfollower
follow http://tinyurl.com/m3q2xt
http://tinyurl.com/m3q2xt -> 301
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL_shortening -> 301
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL_shortening -> 200
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Command line utility that lets you follow redirects to see where http URLs end up. Useful for shortened URLs.
We found that linkfollower demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 0 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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