Handling redirects with Koa

In Koa.js framework, you can make redirect using the .redirect() method of context object:

ctx.redirect('https://www.nytimes.com/');

The status of this redirect will be 302:

A 301 redirect you can create using the next way:

ctx.status=301;
ctx.redirect('https://www.nytimes.com/');

You can pass to method the next values:

• absolute path
• absolute URL
• relative path
• ..

ctx.redirect('/some-path');
ctx.redirect('https://some-path.com');
ctx.redirect('some-path');
ctx.redirect('..');