Updated on January 23, 2023

How to Redirect to a URL in Go

The http package in Go allows you to create an HTTP server to receive HTTP requests and redirect the client to a different URL

Redirecting to a URL in Go is quite easy through the http.Redirect() method. It takes an http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request, endpoint, and an HTTP status code as arguments in that order. Here’s how to use it:

func redirectToFreshman(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
	http.Redirect(w, r, "https://freshman.tech", http.StatusSeeOther)
}

func main() {
	mux := http.NewServeMux()

	mux.HandleFunc("/", redirectToFreshman)

	http.ListenAndServe(":6000", mux)
}

You can also utilize the http.RedirectHandler() method to avoid creating another function:

func main() {
	mux := http.NewServeMux()

	mux.Handle("/", http.RedirectHandler("https://freshman.tech", http.StatusSeeOther))

	http.ListenAndServe(":6000", mux)
}

Thanks for reading, and happy coding!

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