Why can't I redirect the client?

Question

Node.js

Hello. On the client, I create the following XMLHttpRequest:

const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('post', '/path', true);
xhr.setRequestHeader('x-redirect', 'true');
xhr.send();

I accept on the server via express:

app.post('/path', (req, res) => {
  res.redirect('/exit');
});

But nothing happens. In this case, the request itself is normally sent, the headers are recognized by the server

Answer 1

Through AJAX, as far as I know, you cannot redirect the client, but if you send a request, and from the request get the page and replace the content, in addition, you can use the History API to change the URL.