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stuff ;)
it does not, it's a simple redirect :). The browser may or may not do a prefetch and resolve it. But in the end it's just a simple http status code and target address.
Slim
Senior Software Engineer
So when mention the api bit.ly/2GWhfPZ, the service fetch the real url and redirects to the target page?
slim it does not even necessary fetch the url, it just saves it :) Gijo Varghese explained it a little more in detail :)