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Facebook Share: 302 Found

While sharing a video on Facebook, I am getting error 302 found. The url is working fine, but the preview section says 302 Found instead of the original video. here is the link to the video: http://www.teambeachbody.com/showcase/-/bcp/2071537921001

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What can be the issue, and what do I need to check?

Solution

  • It looks like your system doesn’t stop redirecting – presumably because it tries to set a cookie during the redirect, and then redirects back to the “real” URL and checks for the existence of the cookie there – and if it is not present, it starts the same thing again. The FB scraper doesn’t support cookies – so you will need to not do that redirect dance in the first place if the FB scraper is the one making the request (can be recognized by its User-Agent header.)

    And btw., users that do not accept cookies in their browser likely won’t be able to use your site as well.