Python script to follow redirects and get final URL + route logging.

redirect_log.py

import requests
from urllib.parse import urlparse
import json
import traceback
import urllib3

# Suppress only the single InsecureRequestWarning from urllib3 needed
urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)

def follow_redirects(url):
	try:
		route_log = []
		session = requests.Session()
		response = session.get(url, allow_redirects=True, verify=False)

		# Get the history of redirects
		history = response.history
		for resp in history:
			route_log.append(resp.url)

		# Add the final URL to the route log
		final_url = response.url
		route_log.append(final_url)

		# Get the domain of the final URL
		parsed_final_url = urlparse(final_url)
		final_domain = parsed_final_url.netloc

		# Create the result JSON
		result = {
			"success": True,
			"start_url": url,
			"final_url": final_url,
			"final_domain": final_domain,
			"route_log": route_log
		}

	except requests.RequestException as e:
		# Create the error result JSON
		result = {
			"success": False,
			"error": {
				"message": str(e),
				"name": type(e).__name__,
				"stack": traceback.format_exc(),
				"code": e.response.status_code if e.response else None
			}
		}
	except Exception as e:
		# Catch any other exceptions and create the error result JSON
		result = {
			"success": False,
			"error": {
				"message": str(e),
				"name": type(e).__name__,
				"stack": traceback.format_exc(),
				"code": None
			}
		}

	return json.dumps(result, indent=4)

# Example usage
if __name__ == "__main__":
	url = "https://google.com"
	result_json = follow_redirects(url)
	print(result_json)

Example output:

{
    "success": true,
    "start_url": "https://google.com",
    "final_url": "https://www.google.com/",
    "final_domain": "www.google.com",
    "route_log": [
        "https://google.com/",
        "https://www.google.com/"
    ]
}