Re: Redirection not working with nethttpd

> If the Location header starts with "/", Nethttpd tries to do an
> "internal" redirect--that is, to rewrite the request and process it
> directly, instead of returning a 302 response to the client.

Ok, I see. And, as expected:

> I think you can fix it by giving a full URL in the Location header in this code:

this solves the problem. In any case, I remain dubious about the
nature of this behavior: bug or feature? :-)

I think "internal redirection" is a good feature and I don't think
this is the way it is supposed to work.


> The exception you see is raised in nethttpd_reactor.ml, apparently
> because the response has already been partially written. Possibly if
> you really want an internal redirect you aren't supposed to commit the
> channel?

If I don't commit the channel another exception is raised:

[test server] [err] [127.0.0.1] [POST /post_url] Nethttpd: Missing
response, replying 'Server Error'

I believe this is correct: this is exactly the same exception you get
when you forget to commit the channel. The server tries to process the
response and finds it empty, so the exception.

As a quick fix I'll send the full redirection path back to the client,
but I still think i miss something.


-- 
Paolo
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