[ python-Bugs-1520831 ] urrlib2 max_redirections=0 disables redirects

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Bugs item #1520831, was opened at 2006-07-11 15:16
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Category: Python Library
Group: Feature Request
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: rus_r_orange (rus_r_orange)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: urrlib2 max_redirections=0 disables redirects

Initial Comment:
When using urllib2, I wanted to be able to see all
redirects that come back from an http server. I set the
variable max_redirections in HTTPRedirectHandler to 0.
However, redirects were still being followed because
the req didn't have a redirect_dict set.

IMHO, if max_redirections is set to 0, redirects should
not be followed, no matter what. 

For my personal situation, I copied urllib2 and hacked
it to that if max_redirections is 0 (or less), it will
always raise the HTTPError that is associated with the
status code received by the request.

I saw this issue on WinXP with 2.4.1 and on Linux with
2.4.3.


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