Re: Request Speculation (Response Prediction)

On Tue, 15 Aug 2023 at 02:33, Soni L. <fakedme+http@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Let's say your server is sending a redirect to another page on the same
> server
>
> GET /whatever HTTP/1.1
> ...
>
> 302 Found
> Location: /something
>
>
> Instead of waiting for the client to send the follow-up request, why not
> just send it straight away?
>
> 302 Found
> Location: /actually
>
>
> 200 OK
> ...
>
> This is different from server push in that it relies on making
> assumptions about how the client behaves, and it works with HTTP/1.1
> too. The User-Agent header and some other fingerprinting techniques
> might be necessary for sending the right thing tho.
>

Is this already achievable with a link relation? It feels similar to
rel=canonical to me.

Cheers
-- 
  Matthew Kerwin
  https://matthew.kerwin.net.au/

Received on Monday, 14 August 2023 23:20:29 UTC