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ffpip on Nov 16, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: I created a URL shortener that can be ent...

Brilliant. Works well.

But this has a chance of not working since you are doing the redirection client-side. Some addons block 3rd party resources. Looks like you're using the github API and sending the request from the user's browser.

notRobot on Nov 16, 2020 [–]

All redirection is client-side. Even 301s are just instructions for the client to open another page, which they are free to ignore.

oneeyedpigeon on Nov 16, 2020 | [–]

Sometimes you have to mentally translate "client-side" into "JavaScript", then whatever you're reading makes more sense.

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