Private links can cause redirection loops, hang

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Private links can cause redirection loops, hang #2

Open vees opened 10 years ago

vees commented 10 years ago

Tried to shorten a Google Drive link that was only available to logged in users and the system hung. Wget showed multiple redirections and slow response from Google on Dreamhost.

vees commented 10 years ago

It appears that in the case of Google Doc links its necessary to create a "no-follow" option for the call to prevent redirection loops when Google tries to determine if the user has a valid login.