HTTP.get request stuck in a redirect loop

Question

I have the below lines in my code:

postUrl =  "http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/08/world/asia/ malaysia-airlines-says-plane-with-over-200-aboard-is-missing.html";

var htmlResult = cheerio.load(Meteor.http.call("GET", postUrl, {options: {followRedirects:false}}).content);

I get the following error:

Error: Exceeded maxRedirects. Probably stuck in a redirect loop

I try the same code with other URL and it works but It's throwing this exception with the NTY url. I'm basically trying to get the HEAD of the page.

Answer 1

Use this.

In your http.get call you should pass {jar: true}

For example:

HTTP.get(url, {jar: true})

This worked for me at least :)