Re: POE::Component::Client::HTTP, redirect after POST request

On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 16:56 +0200, Anatoliy wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've got small trouble because of PoCo::Client::HTTP behaviour on redirecting 
> after POST request.
> 
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-10.3.3
> 
>       Note: RFC 1945 and RFC 2068 specify that the client is not allowed
>       to change the method on the redirected request.  However, most
>       existing user agent implementations treat 302 as if it were a 303
>       response, performing a GET on the Location field-value regardless
>       of the original request method.
> 
> Now POE::Component::Client::HTTP uses the same method as in original request, 
> but I think it should be nice to have an option (or a extra parameter) to 
> change behaviour.

The default is to not do anything special for redirects, which leaves
you free to do whatever you want when you get a 302 response.


Martijn