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title: Redirect
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The `<Redirect>` verb transfers control from the current document to another. It is effectively an exit statement from the current document, as there is no way to return to any instructions listed after the `<Redirect>` verb.

An example message that redirects next XML instruction to another document:

<CodeBlocks>
  ```xml
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <Response>
      <Redirect>https://your-application.com/next-instructions</Redirect>
  </Response>
  ```

  ```javascript title="Node.js"
  const { RestClient } = require("@signalwire/compatibility-api");
  const response = new RestClient.LaML.VoiceResponse();

  response.redirect("https://your-application.com/next-instructions");
  console.log(response.toString());
  ```

  ```csharp
  using Twilio.TwiML;
  using System;


  class Example
  {
      static void Main()
      {
          var response = new VoiceResponse();
          response.Redirect(new Uri("https://your-application.com/next-instructions"));

          Console.WriteLine(response.ToString());;
      }
  }
  ```

  ```python
  from signalwire.voice_response import Redirect, VoiceResponse

  response = VoiceResponse()
  response.redirect('https://your-application.com/next-instructions')

  print(response)
  ```

  ```ruby
  require 'signalwire/sdk'

  response = Signalwire::Sdk::VoiceResponse.new do |response|
    response.redirect('https://your-application.com/next-instructions')
  end

  puts response.to_s
  ```
</CodeBlocks>

## Verb attributes

The following attribute is available for the verb `<Redirect>`:

<ParamField path="method" type="string" default="POST">
  Specifies whether the redirect is a `GET` or a `POST`.
</ParamField>

## Nouns

The following item is accepted as a noun for the `<Redirect>` verb:

| Noun         | Description                                         |
| :----------- | :-------------------------------------------------- |
| `plain text` | The URL, in plain text, of the document to execute. |

## Nesting

No other verbs can be nested within `<Redirect>` and you cannot nest `<Redirect>` within any other verbs.

## Examples

### Redirect to absolute URL

<CodeBlocks>
  ```xml
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <Response>
      <Redirect>http://www.somesite.com/NextDoc.xml</Redirect>
  </Response>
  ```

  ```javascript title="Node.js"
  const { RestClient } = require("@signalwire/compatibility-api");
  const response = new RestClient.LaML.VoiceResponse();

  response.redirect("http://www.somesite.com/NextDoc.xml");
  console.log(response.toString());
  ```

  ```csharp
  using Twilio.TwiML;
  using System;


  class Example
  {
      static void Main()
      {
          var response = new VoiceResponse();
          response.Redirect(new Uri("http://www.somesite.com/NextDoc.xml"));

          Console.WriteLine(response.ToString());;
      }
  }
  ```

  ```python
  from signalwire.voice_response import Redirect, VoiceResponse

  response = VoiceResponse()
  response.redirect('http://www.somesite.com/NextDoc.xml')

  print(response)
  ```

  ```ruby
  require 'signalwire/sdk'

  response = Signalwire::Sdk::VoiceResponse.new do |response|
    response.redirect('http://www.somesite.com/NextDoc.xml')
  end

  puts response.to_s
  ```
</CodeBlocks>

To continue processing this message using the instructions in another document, specify the absolute URL of that document as the noun to the `<Redirect>` verb.