Re: HTTP 402 (payment required) -- the missing link

On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 7:57 PM, Melvin Carvalho
<melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've implemented HTTP 402 a few times for payment protected resources.
> ...
> If payment is required, how does the client know what to do next?
> ...
> What about sending a Location: header telling the client where to go next?
>
> Then the client can find all the information about how to pay, their
> balance, the cost etc.
> ...

Won't user agents only follow that Location for 3xx codes?  How about
just including human and/or machine readable info in the 402 response
content?

-dave

Received on Wednesday, 17 June 2015 00:24:12 UTC