Redirect-Exercise.md

🧪 Developer Exercise: Redirecting Express.js Service in TypeScript

Objective:

Create a minimal Express.js web service using TypeScript with two endpoints. This exercise tests your understanding of:

HTTP redirect status codes

Routing in Express

TypeScript integration

Real-world testing with curl

📋 Requirements:

1. Endpoint 1 — /start

This route must respond to GET requests with a redirect to /destination.

Use a relevant HTTP 3xx status code (e.g., 302 or 307).

Ensure the Location header is properly set to /destination.

2. Endpoint 2 — /destination

This route must respond to GET requests with:

{ "message": "You have reached the destination!", "timestamp": "" }

Return status code 200 OK.

🧪 What You Need to Do:

Implement this using Express.js with TypeScript.

Start the service on port 3000.

Test your implementation using curl:

First, fetch the /start endpoint without following the redirect. You should see the raw 3xx response and the Location header.

Then, figure out how to make curl follow the redirect and reach /destination, verifying the final payload.

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