chore: add section on following redirects to HTTP requests (#1628)

* chore: add section on following redirects to HTTP requests

* Update docs/sources/next/using-k6/http-requests.md

Co-authored-by: Mihail Stoykov <[email protected]>

* chore: apply to v0.52.x

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Co-authored-by: Mihail Stoykov <[email protected]>

Author: heitortsergent

docs/sources/next/using-k6/http-requests.md

@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ The [http module](https://grafana.com/docs/k6/<K6_VERSION>/javascript-api/k6-htt
 | [put()](https://grafana.com/docs/k6/<K6_VERSION>/javascript-api/k6-http/put)         | Issue an HTTP PUT request.                                                |
 | [request()](https://grafana.com/docs/k6/<K6_VERSION>/javascript-api/k6-http/request) | Issue any type of HTTP request.                                           |
 
+## Follow redirects
+
+By default, k6 automatically follows a set number of redirects before stopping and returning the last response. You can customize this by using:
+
+- The `maxRedirects` option to customize the number of redirects globally. Refer to [Max redirects](https://grafana.com/docs/k6/<K6_VERSION>/using-k6/k6-options/reference/#max-redirects) for more details.
+- The `Params.redirects` property to customize the number of redirects for a specific request, which overrides the `maxRedirects` option. Refer to [Params](https://grafana.com/docs/k6/<K6_VERSION>/javascript-api/k6-http/params/) for more details.
+
 ## HTTP Request Tags
 
 k6 automatically applies [tags](https://grafana.com/docs/k6/<K6_VERSION>/using-k6/tags-and-groups#section-tags) to your HTTP requests.

docs/sources/v0.52.x/using-k6/http-requests.md

@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ The [http module](https://grafana.com/docs/k6/<K6_VERSION>/javascript-api/k6-htt
 | [put()](https://grafana.com/docs/k6/<K6_VERSION>/javascript-api/k6-http/put)         | Issue an HTTP PUT request.                                                |
 | [request()](https://grafana.com/docs/k6/<K6_VERSION>/javascript-api/k6-http/request) | Issue any type of HTTP request.                                           |
 
+## Follow redirects
+
+By default, k6 automatically follows a set number of redirects before stopping and returning the last response. You can customize this by using:
+
+- The `maxRedirects` option to customize the number of redirects globally. Refer to [Max redirects](https://grafana.com/docs/k6/<K6_VERSION>/using-k6/k6-options/reference/#max-redirects) for more details.
+- The `Params.redirects` property to customize the number of redirects for a specific request, which overrides the `maxRedirects` option. Refer to [Params](https://grafana.com/docs/k6/<K6_VERSION>/javascript-api/k6-http/params/) for more details.
+
 ## HTTP Request Tags
 
 k6 automatically applies [tags](https://grafana.com/docs/k6/<K6_VERSION>/using-k6/tags-and-groups#section-tags) to your HTTP requests.