[issue13294] http.server: HEAD request should not return a body
Michele Orrù
report at bugs.python.org
Wed Nov 16 11:25:59 CET 2011
Michele Orrù <maker.py at gmail.com> added the comment:
Well, actually SimpleHTTPRequesthandler extends BaseHTTPHandler with basic do_GET and do_HEAD methods.
Unittests for http.server shows that this behavior is intended, since:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "Lib/test/test_httpservers.py", line 639, in <module>
test_main()
File "Lib/test/test_httpservers.py", line 633, in test_main
SimpleHTTPRequestHandlerTestCase,
File "/Users/maker/dev/cpython/Lib/test/support.py", line 1274, in run_unittest
_run_suite(suite)
File "/Users/maker/dev/cpython/Lib/test/support.py", line 1249, in _run_suite
raise TestFailed(err)
test.support.TestFailed: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "Lib/test/test_httpservers.py", line 273, in test_head
self.check_status_and_reason(response, 200)
File "Lib/test/test_httpservers.py", line 242, in check_status_and_reason
self.assertEqual(response.status, status)
AssertionError: 501 != 200
So, imho this is not a bug. Anyway, I would propose a trivial patch to make http.server a little more elegant.
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keywords: +patch
nosy: +maker
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file23711/issue13294.patch
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