webRequest.onBeforeRedirect
===========================

Fired when a server-initiated redirect is about to occur.

Note that you can't pass `"blocking"` for this event, so you can't modify or cancel the request from this event: it's informational only.

Syntax
------


```js
browser.webRequest.onBeforeRedirect.addListener(
  listener,             // function
  filter,               // object
  extraInfoSpec         // optional array of strings
)
browser.webRequest.onBeforeRedirect.removeListener(listener)
browser.webRequest.onBeforeRedirect.hasListener(listener)
```


Events have three functions:

`addListener(listener, filter, extraInfoSpec)`

Adds a listener to this event.

`removeListener(listener)`

Stop listening to this event. The `listener` argument is the listener to remove.

`hasListener(listener)`

Check whether `listener` is registered for this event. Returns `true` if it is listening, `false` otherwise.

addListener syntax
------------------

### Parameters

`listener`

The function called when this event occurs. The function is passed this argument:

`details`

`object`. Details about the request. See the details section for more information.


`filter`

`webRequest.RequestFilter`. A filter that restricts the events that is sent to this listener.

`extraInfoSpec` Optional

`array` of `string`. Extra options for the event. You can pass just one value:

* `"responseHeaders"`: include `responseHeaders` in the `details` object passed to the listener

Additional objects
------------------

### details

`cookieStoreId`

`string`. If the request is from a tab open in a contextual identity, the cookie store ID of the contextual identity. See Work with contextual identities for more information.

`documentUrl`

`string`. URL of the document in which the resource will be loaded. For example, if the web page at "https://example.com" contains an image or an iframe, then the `documentUrl` for the image or iframe will be "https://example.com". For a top-level document, `documentUrl` is undefined.

`frameId`

`integer`. Zero if the request happens in the main frame; a positive value is the ID of a subframe in which the request happens. If the document of a (sub-)frame is loaded (`type` is `main_frame` or `sub_frame`), `frameId` indicates the ID of this frame, not the ID of the outer frame. Frame IDs are unique within a tab.

`fromCache`

`boolean`. Indicates if this response was fetched from disk cache.

`incognito`

`boolean`. Whether the request is from a private browsing window.

`ip`

`string`. The IP address of the server the request was sent to. It may be a literal IPv6 address.

`method`

`string`. Standard HTTP method: for example, "GET" or "POST".

`originUrl`

`string`. URL of the resource which triggered the request. For example, if "https://example.com" contains a link, and the user clicks the link, then the `originUrl` for the resulting request is "https://example.com".

The `originUrl` is often but not always the same as the `documentUrl`. For example, if a page contains an iframe, and the iframe contains a link that loads a new document into the iframe, then the `documentUrl` for the resulting request will be the iframe's parent document, but the `originUrl` will be the URL of the document in the iframe that contained the link.

`parentFrameId`

`integer`. ID of the frame that contains the frame which sent the request. Set to -1 if no parent frame exists.

`proxyInfo`

`object`. This property is present only if the request is being proxied. It contains the following properties:

`host`

`string`. The hostname of the proxy server.

`port`

`integer`. The port number of the proxy server.

`type`

`string`. The type of proxy server. One of:

* "http": HTTP proxy (or SSL CONNECT for HTTPS)
* "https": HTTP proxying over TLS connection to proxy
* "socks": SOCKS v5 proxy
* "socks4": SOCKS v4 proxy
* "direct": no proxy
* "unknown": unknown proxy

`username`

`string`. Username for the proxy service.

`proxyDNS`

`boolean`. True if the proxy will perform domain name resolution based on the hostname supplied, meaning that the client should not do its own DNS lookup.

`failoverTimeout`

`integer`. Failover timeout in seconds. If the proxy connection fails, the proxy will not be used again for this period.


`redirectUrl`

`string`. The new URL.

`requestId`

`string`. The ID of the request. Request IDs are unique within a browser session, so you can use them to relate different events associated with the same request.

`responseHeaders`

`webRequest.HttpHeaders`. The HTTP response headers that were received along with this redirect.

`statusCode`

`integer`. Standard HTTP status code returned by the server.

`statusLine`

`string`. HTTP status line of the response or the 'HTTP/0.9 200 OK' string for HTTP/0.9 responses (i.e., responses that lack a status line) or an empty string if there are no headers.

`tabId`

`integer`. The ID of the tab in which the request takes place. Set to -1 if the request isn't related to a tab.

`thirdParty`

`boolean`. Indicates whether the request and its content window hierarchy are third party.

`timeStamp`

`number`. The time when this event fired, in milliseconds since the epoch.

`type`

`webRequest.ResourceType`. The type of resource being requested: for example, "image", "script", "stylesheet".

`url`

`string`. Target of the request.

`urlClassification`

`object`. The type of tracking associated with the request, if with the request has been classified by Firefox Tracking Protection. This is an object with the following properties:

`firstParty`

`array` of `strings`. Classification flags for the request's first party.

`thirdParty`

`array` of `strings`. Classification flags for the request or its window hierarchy's third parties.

The classification flags include:

* `fingerprinting` and `fingerprinting_content`: indicates the request is involved in fingerprinting. `fingerprinting_content` indicates the request is loaded from an origin that has been found to fingerprint but is not considered to participate in tracking, such as a payment provider.
* `cryptomining` and `cryptomining_content`: similar to the fingerprinting category but for cryptomining resources.
* `tracking`, `tracking_ad`, `tracking_analytics`, `tracking_social`, and `tracking_content`: indicates the request is involved in tracking. `tracking` is any generic tracking request, the `ad`, `analytics`, `social`, and `content` suffixes identify the type of tracker.
* `any_basic_tracking`: a meta flag that combines any tracking and fingerprinting flags, excluding `tracking_content` and `fingerprinting_content`.
* `any_strict_tracking`: a meta flag that combines any tracking and fingerprinting flags, including `tracking_content` and `fingerprinting_content`.
* `any_social_tracking`: a meta flag that combines any social tracking flags.

Browser compatibility
---------------------

BCD tables only load in the browser with JavaScript enabled. Enable JavaScript to view data.

Examples
--------


```js
let target = "https://developer.mozilla.org/\*";

/\*
e.g.
"https://developer.mozilla.org/"
"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/"
\*/
function logResponse(responseDetails) {
  console.log(responseDetails.url);
  console.log(responseDetails.redirectUrl);
}

browser.webRequest.onBeforeRedirect.addListener(logResponse, {
  urls: [target],
});
```


**Note:** This API is based on Chromium's `chrome.webRequest` API. This documentation is derived from `web_request.json` in the Chromium code.