net: allow controlling redirects

lib/browser/api/net.js

@@ -156,9 +156,15 @@ class ClientRequest extends EventEmitter {
       urlStr = url.format(urlObj)
     }
 
+    const redirectPolicy = options.redirect || 'follow'
+    if (!['follow', 'error', 'manual'].includes(redirectPolicy)) {
+      throw new Error('redirect mode should be one of follow, error or manual')
+    }
+
     let urlRequestOptions = {
       method: method,
-      url: urlStr
+      url: urlStr,
+      redirect: redirectPolicy
     }
     if (options.session) {
       if (options.session instanceof Session) {
@@ -339,6 +345,10 @@ class ClientRequest extends EventEmitter {
     return this._write(data, encoding, callback, true)
   }
 
+  followRedirect () {
+    this.urlRequest.followRedirect()
+  }
+
   abort () {
     this.urlRequest.cancel()
   }