java urlconnection get the final redirected URL

Question

I have a url which redirects to another url.I want to be able to get the final redirected URL.My code:

    public class testURLConnection
    {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws MalformedURLException, IOException {

    HttpURLConnection con =(HttpURLConnection) new URL( "http://tinyurl.com/KindleWireless" ).openConnection();

    System.out.println( "orignal url: " + con.getURL() );
    con.connect();

System.out.println( "connected url: " + con.getURL() );
InputStream is = con.getInputStream();
System.out.println( "redirected url: " + con.getURL() );
is.close();

} }

It always gives original url whereas the redirectURL is:http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireless-Reading-Display-Globally/dp/B003FSUDM4/ref=amb_link_353259562_2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-10&pf_rd_r=11EYKTN682A79T370AM3&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=1270985982&pf_rd_i=B002Y27P3M.

How can i get this final redirected URL.

Here is what i tried with looping till we get redirects.Still doesent fetch the desired url:

    public static String fetchRedirectURL(String url) throws IOException
    {
HttpURLConnection con =(HttpURLConnection) new URL( url ).openConnection();
//System.out.println( "orignal url: " + con.getURL() );
con.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false);
con.connect();


InputStream is = con.getInputStream();
if(con.getResponseCode()==301)
    return con.getHeaderField("Location");
else return null;
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) throws MalformedURLException, IOException {
String url="http://tinyurl.com/KindleWireless";
String fetchedUrl=fetchRedirectURL(url);
System.out.println("FetchedURL is:"+fetchedUrl);
while(fetchedUrl!=null)
{   url=fetchedUrl;
System.out.println("The url is:"+url);
    fetchedUrl=fetchRedirectURL(url);


}
System.out.println(url);

    }

Answer 1

Try this, I using recursively to using for many redirection URL.

public static String getFinalURL(String url) throws IOException {
    HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) new URL(url).openConnection();
    con.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false);
    con.connect();
    con.getInputStream();

    if (con.getResponseCode() == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_MOVED_PERM || con.getResponseCode() == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_MOVED_TEMP) {
        String redirectUrl = con.getHeaderField("Location");
        return getFinalURL(redirectUrl);
    }
    return url;
}

and using:

public static void main(String[] args) throws MalformedURLException, IOException {
    String fetchedUrl = getFinalURL("<your_url_here>");
    System.out.println("FetchedURL is:" + fetchedUrl);

}