<s>
The	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
response	O
status	B-Protocol
code	I-Protocol
302	B-Protocol
Found	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
common	O
way	O
of	O
performing	O
URL	O
redirection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HTTP/1.0	B-Protocol
specification	O
(	O
RFC	O
1945	O
)	O
initially	O
defined	O
this	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
gave	O
it	O
the	O
description	O
phrase	O
"	O
Moved	O
Temporarily	O
"	O
rather	O
than	O
"	O
Found	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
response	O
with	O
this	O
status	B-Protocol
code	I-Protocol
will	O
additionally	O
provide	O
a	O
URL	O
in	O
the	O
header	O
field	O
Location	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
an	O
invitation	O
to	O
the	O
user	B-Protocol
agent	I-Protocol
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
a	O
web	O
browser	O
)	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
second	O
,	O
otherwise	O
identical	O
,	O
request	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
URL	O
specified	O
in	O
the	O
location	B-Protocol
field	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
POST	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
this	O
reason	O
,	O
HTTP/1.1	B-Protocol
(	O
RFC	B-Protocol
2616	I-Protocol
)	O
added	O
the	O
new	O
status	O
codes	O
303	B-Protocol
and	O
307	B-Protocol
to	O
disambiguate	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
behaviours	O
,	O
with	O
303	B-Protocol
mandating	O
the	O
change	O
of	O
request	O
type	O
to	O
GET	O
,	O
and	O
307	B-Protocol
preserving	O
the	O
request	O
type	O
as	O
originally	O
sent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
greater	O
clarity	O
provided	O
by	O
this	O
disambiguation	O
,	O
the	O
302	O
code	O
is	O
still	O
employed	O
in	O
web	O
frameworks	O
to	O
preserve	O
compatibility	O
with	O
browsers	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
implement	O
the	O
HTTP/1.1	B-Protocol
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
consequence	O
,	O
RFC	O
7231	O
(	O
the	O
update	O
of	O
RFC	B-Protocol
2616	I-Protocol
)	O
changes	O
the	O
definition	O
to	O
allow	O
user	B-Protocol
agents	I-Protocol
to	O
rewrite	O
POST	B-Protocol
to	O
GET	O
.	O
</s>
