import urllib.parse as urlparse
import http.client as httplib
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def resolve_http_redirect(url, depth=0):
    """http://www.zacwitte.com/resolving-http-redirects-in-python
    """
    if depth > 10:
        raise Exception("Redirected "+depth+" times, giving up.")
    o = urlparse.urlparse(url,allow_fragments=True)
    conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(o.netloc)
    path = o.path
    if o.query:
        path +='?'+o.query
    conn.request("HEAD", path)
    res = conn.getresponse()
    headers = dict(res.getheaders())
    if 'Location' in headers and headers['Location'] != url:
        return resolve_http_redirect(headers['Location'], depth+1)
    else:
        return url