About Redirect Sniffer

Redirect Sniffer is a simple web tool designed to help you trace the complete path of URL redirects. When you enter a URL, the tool follows each step of the redirection chain, showing you every URL visited and the HTTP status code returned at each step.

Why Use It?

• Debugging: Understand why a URL isn't landing where you expect.
• SEO Analysis: Check redirect chains for potential issues affecting search engine rankings (e.g., multiple 302s instead of a 301).
• Affiliate Links: See where affiliate links are actually sending users.
• Security Awareness: Uncover potentially malicious redirects hiding behind innocent-looking links.
• Curiosity: Simply see the journey a shortened URL takes.

How It Works

The tool sends requests to the URL you provide without automatically following redirects (like a browser normally would). It inspects the HTTP headers returned by the server. If it finds a redirect status code (like 301, 302, 307, 308) and a 'Location' header indicating the next URL, it records that step and repeats the process with the new URL. This continues until it reaches a non-redirect status (like 200 OK) or hits a maximum limit to prevent infinite loops.

This tool is built using the Laravel PHP framework and styled with Tailwind CSS.