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show_redirects.py

import requests
requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings() # To disable ugly warnings
url = 'http://bit.ly/1vIaXHA'
def show_redirects(url):  # Recursive Function
	r = requests.get(url, verify = False, allow_redirects = False)
	if r.status_code == 301: # If url redirects, print the destination url and follow it. 
		print 'redirecting to ', r.headers['location'], '...'
		show_redirects(r.headers['location'])

show_redirects(url)