e of bugged software out there. It is therefore recommended
to set the ` 302 ` code only as a response for [ ` GET ` ](/en-
US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/GET) or [ ` HEAD ` ](/en-
US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/HEAD) methods and to use [ ` 307 Temporary Redirect `
](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/307) instead, as the method change is explicitly
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US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/GET) , use [ ` 303 See Other ` ](/en-
US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/303) instead. This is useful when you want to give a
response to a [ ` PUT ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/PUT) method that is not
the uploaded resource but a confirmation message such as: 'you successfully
uploaded XYZ'.

##  Status

http

    
    
    302 Found
    

##  Specifications

Specification  
---  
[ HTTP Semantics  
#  status.302  ](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110#status.302)  
  
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##  See also

  * [ ` 307 Temporary Redirect ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/307) , the equivalent of this status code where the method used never changes. 
  * [ ` 303 See Other ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/303) , a temporary redirect that changes the method used to [ ` GET ` ](/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/GET) . 
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