Handling HttpClient Redirects

For HttpClient 4.3:

HttpClient instance = HttpClientBuilder.create()
                     .setRedirectStrategy(new LaxRedirectStrategy()).build();

For HttpClient 4.2:

DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
client.setRedirectStrategy(new LaxRedirectStrategy());

For HttpClient < 4.2:

DefaultHttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
client.setRedirectStrategy(new DefaultRedirectStrategy() {
    /** Redirectable methods. */
    private String[] REDIRECT_METHODS = new String[] { 
        HttpGet.METHOD_NAME, HttpPost.METHOD_NAME, HttpHead.METHOD_NAME 
    };

    @Override
    protected boolean isRedirectable(String method) {
        for (String m : REDIRECT_METHODS) {
            if (m.equalsIgnoreCase(method)) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }
});