Hard Design: Web Crawler

How does a web crawler handle redirect chains (301, 302)?

— Tests your understanding of this concept.

Answer Options

A Follow all redirects infinitely

B Follow up to N redirects (e.g., 5), store mapping from original URL to final URL

C Never follow redirects

D Treat redirected URL as new URL, add to frontier

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