Issue webcompat#1120 - Add status code 301 and redirect url for /issues/category/new to /issues/category/needstriage, /issues/search/new to /issues/search/needtriage

Author: deepthivenkat

webcompat/api/endpoints.py

@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@
 from flask import abort
 from flask import Blueprint
 from flask import g
+from flask import redirect
 from flask import request
 from flask import session
+from flask import url_for
 
 from webcompat import app
 from webcompat import limiter
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ def get_issue_category(issue_category):
     # For paginated results on the /issues page,
     # see /issues/search/needstriage.
     elif issue_category == 'new':
-        abort(301)
+        redirect(url_for('.get_issue_category', issue_category='needstriage'), 301)
     else:
         # The path doesn’t exist. 404 Not Found.
         abort(404)
@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@ def get_category_from_search(issue_category):
         query_string += ' state:closed '
         return get_search_results(query_string, params)
     elif issue_category == 'new':
-        abort(301)
+        redirect(url_for('.get_category_from_search', issue_category='needstriage'), 301)
     else:
         # no known keyword we send not found
         abort(404)