redirect

Article
04/15/2022

Applies to: Skype for Business 2015

Represents a pointer to a different server that the application should use for future requests.

Web Link

For more on web links, see Web links.

Name	Description
rel	The resource that this link points to. In JSON, this is the outer container.
href	The location of this resource on the server, and the target of an HTTP operation.

Resource description

The redirect resource indicates that the user is homed on a different server.The application must direct future requests to this server as the current server does not have all of this user's information.This can happen when a user hits an on-premises server and the user is homed online, or when a company has multiple servers.Credentials might need to be resubmitted after following the redirect.

Properties

None

Links

This resource can have the following relationships.

Link	Description
self	The link to the current resource.
user	Represents the entry point to the API using user credentials.
xframe	Represents the cross-domain frame used for web-based applications.

Operations

GET

Returns a representation of a pointer to a different server that the application should use for future requests.

Request body

None

Response body

The response from a GET request contains the properties and links shown in the Properties and Links sections at the top of this page.

Synchronous errors

The errors below (if any) are specific to this resource. Generic errors that can apply to any resource are covered in Generic synchronous errors.

Error	Code	Subcode	Description
ServiceFailure	500	InvalidExchangeServerVersion	Invalid exchange server version.The exchange mailbox of the server might have moved to an unsupported version for the required feature.
Conflict	409	AlreadyExists	The already exists error.
Conflict	409	TooManyGroups	The too many groups error.
Conflict	409	None	Un-supported Service/Resource/API error.
Gone	410	CannotRedirect	Cannot redirect since there is no back up pool configured.

Examples

JSON Request

Get https://fe1.contoso.com:443/autodiscover/autodiscoverservice.svc/root/user/redirect HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer cwt=PHNhbWw6QXNzZXJ0aW9uIHhtbG5...uZm8
Host: fe1.contoso.com
Accept: application/json

JSON Response

This sample is given only as an illustration of response syntax. The semantic content is not guaranteed to correspond to a valid scenario.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 240
{
  "rel" : "redirect",
  "_links" : {
    "self" : {
      "href" : "/autodiscover/autodiscoverservice.svc/root/user/redirect"
    },
    "user" : {
      "href" : "/autodiscover/autodiscoverservice.svc/root/user"
    },
    "xframe" : {
      "href" : "/autodiscover/autodiscoverservice.svc/root/xframe"
    }
  }
}

XML Request

Get https://fe1.contoso.com:443/autodiscover/autodiscoverservice.svc/root/user/redirect HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer cwt=PHNhbWw6QXNzZXJ0aW9uIHhtbG5...uZm8
Host: fe1.contoso.com
Accept: application/xml

XML Response