From e21b5be6f6d34b8f1bc75bfab73fec67837b3bcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Yesmunt <sean@lbry.io>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:18:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] remove unnecessary redirect in server

---
 web/middleware/redirect.js | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/web/middleware/redirect.js b/web/middleware/redirect.js
index b170392ef..c7e130c8f 100644
--- a/web/middleware/redirect.js
+++ b/web/middleware/redirect.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ async function redirectMiddleware(ctx, next) {
   const requestHost = ctx.host;
   const path = ctx.path;
   const url = ctx.url;
+
   // Getting err: too many redirects on some urls because of this
   // Need a better solution
   // const decodedUrl = decodeURIComponent(url);
@@ -14,11 +15,6 @@ async function redirectMiddleware(ctx, next) {
   //   return;
   // }
 
-  if (path.endsWith('/') && path.length > 1) {
-    ctx.redirect(url.replace(/\/$/, ''));
-    return;
-  }
-
   if (!path.startsWith('/$/') && path.match(/^([^@/:]+)\/([^:/]+)$/)) {
     ctx.redirect(url.replace(/^([^@/:]+)\/([^:/]+)(:(\/.*))/, '$1:$2')); // test against path, but use ctx.url to retain parameters
     return;