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title: redirect
---

# redirect

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## Summary

[Reference Documentation ↗](https://api.reactrouter.com/v7/functions/react_router.redirect.html)

A redirect [`Response`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response).
Sets the status code and the [`Location`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Location)
header. Defaults to [`302 Found`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/302).

```tsx
import { redirect } from "react-router";

export async function loader({ request }: Route.LoaderArgs) {
  if (!isLoggedIn(request))
    throw redirect("/login");
  }

  // ...
}
```

## Params

### url

The URL to redirect to.

### init

The status code or a `ResponseInit` object to be included in the response.

## Returns

A [`Response`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response)
object with the redirect status and [`Location`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Location)
header.