python resolve redirection URLs

Question

I use requests to solve twitter urls, it works for all valid URLs, but if the URL cant be resolved, the variable r will get me the the input value as response. If I copy the URL into a browser I it wont get loaded, but the url will be resolved.

Is there a method, to resolve redirection URLs, also when the target-url can't get loaded.

def unshortenTwitterURL(url):
  try:
    r = requests.head(url, allow_redirects=True, timeout=10)
    res = r.url
  except:
    res = url
  return res

J_H · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-20 19:37:29Z

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Do not allow redirects. And then look at r.headers['location'].

answered Sep 20, 2017 at 19:37

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