Jay Deiman added the comment:
I actually just worked around this issue in my library to do specifically what
I needed it to do, which was an automatic redirect POST with data. As far as
general recipes are concerned, anyone could just follow what I did in my
library at:
https://github.com
Jay Deiman added the comment:
I have no problem making doc and test changes. I'll probably need a pointer as
to where these changes need to be made and submitted to, but like you said,
I'll wait until the patch is accepted before
Jay Deiman added the comment:
Senthil,
The HTTPRedirectHandler is already breaking RFC2616 by it's own admission in
the code comments (from the source):
# Strictly (according to RFC 2616), 301 or 302 in response
# to a POST MUST NOT cause a redirection without confirmation
# from the
Jay Deiman added the comment:
Senthil,
That is a good point about the potential for security issues. What if it was
an explicit option in HTTPRedirectHandler since there is a possibility of value
in being able to do it. I know my case is probably unusual, but I imagine that
others might
New submission from Jay Deiman :
I've noticed that urllib2's HTTPRedirectHandler does not redirect a POST
request with the POST data.
If you send a POST request to a server with data, the data is dropped when the
new Request is made to the new url. As stated in a comment in t
