Apache 301 Redirect and preserving post data

apache rewrite http-post http-status-code-301
Daniel Cook picture Daniel Cook · Nov 29, 2012 · Viewed 43.2k times · Source

I have implemented SEO URLs using Apache 301 redirects to a 'redirect.cfm' in the root of the website which handles all URL building and content delivering.

Post data is lost during a 301 redirect.

Unable to find a solution so far, have tried excluding post method from rewrites - worst case scenario we could use the old type URLs for post methods.

Is there something that can be done?

Thanks

Answer

Hashbrown picture Hashbrown · Feb 17, 2014

Using a 307 should be exactly what you want

307 Temporary Redirect (since HTTP/1.1)
In this case, the request should be repeated with another URI; however, future requests
should still use the original URI.[2] In contrast to how 302 was historically implemented,
the request method is not allowed to be changed when reissuing the original request. For
instance, a POST request should be repeated using another POST request

- Wikipedia

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