[issue12275] urllib.request.HTTPRedirectHandler won't redirect to a URL with only path but not domain

Martin Panter added the comment: Already fixed in 3.2 it seems -- nosy: +vadmium resolution: -> duplicate stage: needs patch -> resolved status: open -> closed superseder: -> [urllib.request.HTTPRedirectHandler.http_error_302] Relative Redirect issue versions: -Python 3.3 __

[issue12275] urllib.request.HTTPRedirectHandler won't redirect to a URL with only path but not domain

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Well, the HTTP RFC does indicate that the redirection URI (in the Location header: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.30) must be an absolute URI, but I also agree that using a relative URI in that context is a common use-case suppor

[issue12275] urllib.request.HTTPRedirectHandler won't redirect to a URL with only path but not domain

New submission from lilydjwg : On redirecting to a url like '/login', at around line 556 of request.py it will raise an HTTPError. The sys.verrsion is Python 3.2 (r32:88445, Apr 15 2011, 11:20:08) [GCC 4.5.2 20110127 (prerelease)] on linux2 -- components: Library (Lib) messages: 1