I need to check whether a page is being redirected or not without actually downloading the content. I just need the final URL. What's the best way of doing this is Python?
Thanks!
When you open the URL with urllib2, and you're redirected, you get a status 30x for redirection.  Check the info to see the location to which you're redirected.  You don't need to read the page to read the info() that's part of the response.
How to determine if a page is being redirected