Does NodeJS's https module follow redirects?

Question

I'm using the NodeJS https module to fetch pages and process them during testing. I can't find any mention of following redirects either there or in the http module documentation.

From experience I would assume that an https.request does not automatically follow redirects (through response.headers.Location), but I'd like to be sure.

Answer 1

Nodejs doesn't follow redirects by default.

The following article explains this http://syskall.com/how-to-follow-http-redirects-in-node-dot-js/