Handling redirects

Redirects are the usual way of telling the client that the content was moved, or there is a needs to look somewhere else to accomplish the request. This recipe describes the way to implement redirects with the standard library.

How to do it...

1. Open the console and create the folder chapter09/recipe09.
2. Navigate to the directory.
3. Create the file redirect.go with the following content:

        package main

        import (
          "fmt"
          "log"
          "net/http"
        )

        func main() {
          log.Println("Server is starting...")

          http.Handle("/secured/handle",
               http.RedirectHandler("/login", 
                      http.StatusTemporaryRedirect))
          http.HandleFunc("/secured/hadlefunc", 
               func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
            http.Redirect(w, r, "/login", http.StatusTemporaryRedirect)
          })
          http.HandleFunc("/login", func(w http.ResponseWriter,
                          r...