Issue 14767: urllib.request.HTTPRedirectHandler raises HTTPError when Location header is relative (original) (raw)

Issue14767

Created on 2012-05-10 01:28 by jspenguin, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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rel_redirect.py jspenguin,2012-05-10 01:28 Test script
Messages (3)
msg160319 - (view) Author: jspenguin (jspenguin) Date: 2012-05-10 01:28
If a server returns a relative URL in the 'Location:' header, HTTPRedirectHandler will fail because it checks the scheme of the URL before it calls urljoin() to convert it to an absolute URL.
msg160330 - (view) Author: Antoine Pitrou (pitrou) * (Python committer) Date: 2012-05-10 09:24
See . Seems like a common request.
msg240463 - (view) Author: Martin Panter (martin.panter) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-04-11 06:33
Looks like this was a 3.2 regression, but was fixed in Issue 13696.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:30 admin set github: 58972
2015-04-11 06:33:59 martin.panter set status: open -> closedsuperseder: [urllib.request.HTTPRedirectHandler.http_error_302] Relative Redirect issuenosy: + martin.pantermessages: + resolution: duplicatestage: resolved
2012-05-10 09:24:20 pitrou set nosy: + pitroumessages: +
2012-05-10 03:01:39 orsenthil set assignee: orsenthilnosy: + orsenthil
2012-05-10 01:28:07 jspenguin create