2 files changed, 34 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/include/opkele/consumer.h b/include/opkele/consumer.h
index fdb6119..042e2d1 100644
--- a/include/opkele/consumer.h
+++ b/include/opkele/consumer.h
@@ -129,11 +129,18 @@ namespace opkele {
             void check_authentication(const string& server,const params_t& p);
 
             /**
-             * make URL canonical, by adding http:// and trailing slash, if needed.
+             * normalize URL by adding http:// and trailing slash if needed.
+             * @param url
+             * @return normalized url
+             */
+            static string normalize(const string& url);
+
+            /**
+             * Canonicalize URL, by normalizing its appearance and following redirects.
              * @param url
              * @return canonicalized url
              */
-            static string canonicalize(const string& url);
+            virtual string canonicalize(const string& url);
 
     };
 
diff --git a/lib/consumer.cc b/lib/consumer.cc
index 282f0cc..dd8e150 100644
--- a/lib/consumer.cc
+++ b/lib/consumer.cc
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ namespace opkele {
         throw failed_lookup(OPKELE_CP_ "no find_assoc() provided");
     }
 
-    string consumer_t::canonicalize(const string& url) {
+    string consumer_t::normalize(const string& url) {
         string rv = url;
         // strip leading and trailing spaces
         string::size_type i = rv.find_first_not_of(" \t\r\n");
@@ -342,4 +342,28 @@ namespace opkele {
         return rv;
     }
 
+    string consumer_t::canonicalize(const string& url) {
+        string rv = normalize(url);
+        curl_t curl = curl_easy_init();
+        if(!curl)
+            throw exception_curl(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to curl_easy_init()");
+        string html;
+        CURLcode r;
+        (r=curl_misc_sets(curl))
+        || (r=curl_easy_setopt(curl,CURLOPT_URL,rv.c_str()))
+        || (r=curl_easy_setopt(curl,CURLOPT_NOBODY,1))
+        ;
+        if(r)
+            throw exception_curl(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to curl_easy_setopt()",r);
+        r = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+        if(r)
+            throw exception_curl(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to curl_easy_perform()",r);
+        const char *eu = 0;
+        r = curl_easy_getinfo(curl,CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL,&eu);
+        if(r)
+            throw exception_curl(OPKELE_CP_ "failed to curl_easy_getinfo(..CURLINFO_EFFECTIVE_URL..)",r);
+        rv = eu;
+        return normalize(rv);
+    }
+
 }