Re: Not always using CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST on redirects

Daniel Stenberg via curl-library <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.curl.library
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, 25 Feb 2025, Daniel Stenberg via curl-library wrote:

> I propose [1] we add a way to change this: by adding a second bit for 
> CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION called CURLFOLLOW_OBEYCODE. It instructs libcurl that 
> the response code should be adhered rather than ignored when following 
> redirects. When used and a 301/302/303 response code is received, libcurl 
> *changes* the method in spite of the given custom method.

I worked on a bit more and actually now lean towards *two* new modes for 
CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION. That makes the set work like this:

ENABLE - like always: the set custo method is used for all requests.

OBEYCODE - changes the method (or not) for the sequent request depending on 
the specific status code in the redirect. On a 307/308, the original method is 
kept.

FIRSTONLY - changes the method uncondtionally after the first request. To 
which then depends on the status code that was returned.

> [1] = https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/16473

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