Geekflare API

URL Redirection Checker API

Trace the complete path of any URL from start to finish. Audit redirect chains, verify affiliate links, and analyze HTTP headers for every hop.

99.9% UptimeRedirect Chain AnalysisAnti-Bot Bypass
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{
"timestamp": 1768934698806,
"apiStatus": "success",
"apiCode": 200,
"meta": {
"url": "https://bit.ly/bbc",
"test": {
"id": "1e41050d-02d5-45c9-82b0-3c9e260ccf2c"
}
},
"data": [
{
"url": "https://bit.ly/bbc",
"status": 301,
"headers": [
{
"name": "server",
"value": "nginx"
},
{
"name": "date",
"value": "Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:44:57 GMT"
},
{
"name": "content-type",
"value": "text/html; charset=utf-8"
},
{
"name": "content-length",
"value": "127"
},
{
"name": "cache-control",
"value": "private, max-age=90"
},
{
"name": "content-security-policy",
"value": "referrer always;"
},
{
"name": "location",
"value": "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=135067274"
},
{
"name": "referrer-policy",
"value": "unsafe-url"
},
{
"name": "set-cookie",
"value": "_bit=q0kiIV-a4c388ae5504b86d48-000; Domain=bit.ly; Expires=Sun, 19 Jul 2026 18:44:57 GMT"
},
{
"name": "x-robots-tag",
"value": "noindex"
},
{
"name": "via",
"value": "1.1 google"
},
{
"name": "alt-svc",
"value": "h3=\":443\"; ma=2592000,h3-29=\":443\"; ma=2592000"
}
]
},
{
"url": "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=135067274",
"status": 302,
"headers": [
{
"name": "server",
"value": "daiquiri/5"
},
{
"name": "content-type",
"value": "text/html"
},
{
"name": "content-length",
"value": "143"
},
{
"name": "location",
"value": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=135067274"
}
]
},
{
"url": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=135067274",
"status": 301,
"headers": [
{
"name": "server",
"value": "daiquiri/5"
},
{
"name": "content-type",
"value": "text/html; charset=UTF-8"
},
{
"name": "content-length",
"value": "0"
},
{
"name": "location",
"value": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/global-news-podcast/id135067274"
}
]
},
{
"url": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/global-news-podcast/id135067274",
"status": 200,
"headers": [
{
"name": "server",
"value": "daiquiri/5"
},
{
"name": "content-type",
"value": "text/html"
},
{
"name": "cache-control",
"value": "public, max-age=60"
}
]
}
]
}
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import requests

url = "https://api.geekflare.com/redirectcheck"
payload = {"url": "https://example.com"}
headers = {
    "x-api-key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)
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Why Geekflare Redirection Checker API

Path Tracing

We map out every single hop in the journey, letting you identify unnecessary redirects that slow down your site.

Header Analysis

Debug routing issues by inspecting the HTTP response headers for each stage of the redirection chain.

Geo-Specific Testing

Use the proxy to simulate requests from different countries and verify that your localization logic works.

Simple, transparent pricing

Free

$0/mo

500 Credits/mo
Check ~500 URLs
1 Request per second

Starter

$9/mo

5K Credits/mo
Check ~5000 URLs
5 Requests per second

Growth

Most Popular

$49/mo

100K Credits/mo
Check ~100K URLs
25 Requests per second

Business

$249/mo

1M Credits/mo
Check ~1M URLs
50 Requests per second

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Frequently Asked Questions

Search engines prefer clean and short redirect chains. Long chains (3 or more hops) waste crawl budget and slow down the user experience.

Yes. By setting the proxyCountry parameter, you can verify if a user in the UK is correctly redirected to the UK version of your site.

Yes. Our API provides the status code and headers for every step in the chain.

Checking URL redirection consumes only 1 credit per request.

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