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Fastest way for a HTML page to redirect to a script

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I am looking for fast methods/ways I can redirect a HTML page to another page.

Currently I use meta-tags to redirect a HTML page to a python script that grabs the website HTML from a SQL database(grabs different HTML based on whether user is on a Mobile device) then sends that HTML back. But this is visibly slow, it shows a blank white page(redirect HTML page) then shows the python script page.

I know that its not the python script thats slow because if I just go straight to the python script(no redirect from the HTML page) then it loads very fast & with no white screen.

So for example; someone accesses http://mywebsite.com/contactUs.html which contains only the following HTML:

<HTML> <HEAD><META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT=0; url=cgi-bin/loadWebPage.py?webpage=50002>  </HEAD> </HTML> 

<!-- This redirects to my python script that grabs the contact us HTML & prints it out(shows the webpage HTML) -->

Are there other ways a HTML file can redirect to a python script that will be faster?

Maybe I can use HTTP messages? Would the following text/code work in a HTML file?:

Status: 301 Moved

Location:/cgi-bin/loadWebPage.py?webpage=50002

Would my last resort be AJAX or javascript to get the fastest result?

<html>

<head>



    <script type=text/javascript>

    <!--

        window.location = 'http://mywebsite.com/cgi-bin/loadWebpage.py?webPage=50001';

    -->

    </script>

</head>

<body>



</body>

</html>

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answered 13 Years ago reed · Accepted Answer

Place a file called .htaccess in the same directory as your HTML file. If the file is called http://www.example.com/foo/bar.html then .htaccess would contain:

Redirect permanent /foo/bar.html http://www.example.com/script.py

Note that the file that gets redirected does not have http://www.example.com, while the file you redirect it to needs the full URL.

If it's your own server, it's a little faster to disable .htaccess files, while instead putting the Redirect command in your httpd.conf file.