Follow Redirects

follow-redirects is a Node.js utility that provides a drop-in replacement for the native `http` and `https` modules, automatically handling HTTP and HTTPS redirects transparently. Currently stable at version 1.16.0, the package sees regular maintenance with patch and minor releases, indicating active development and bug fixes. Its core functionality enables developers to make network requests without manually inspecting and reissuing requests for 3xx status codes, simplifying client-side HTTP interactions significantly. Unlike the built-in Node.js modules, `follow-redirects` abstracts away the complexity of redirect chains, offering a more robust and developer-friendly experience for fetching resources across multiple redirects. It provides configurable limits for maximum redirects and response body length, which can be set both globally for all requests or individually for specific requests.