1796008 - SearchService.canRedirect for webRequest redirect handling

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: Search, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Shane Caraveo (:mixedpuppy)]

In a chat with Mike about search service and the search expirement we did last year, it is apparent that there may be a simple approach for deciding whether to allow a redirect of a search request. If we had a single call we could make to know if the search service wanted to prevent a redirect we could easily integrate that. It could look something like `bool SearchService.canRedirect(origUrl, targetUrl). This could validate that the origins and codes we care about are handled in a way that fits with search policy.

Comment 1

[Mark Banner (:standard8)]

I think canRedirect would need to hook into SearchService's IgnoreLists. If so, I think it makes sense for this to be in search service.