From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 20:23:41 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Hack so that if a 302 or 301 redirect contains a relative URL, the
X-Git-Tag: v1.5.2c1~55
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3527f594573c56756ee8ed8cc248a101fd8e2e7a;p=python

Hack so that if a 302 or 301 redirect contains a relative URL, the
right thing "just happens" (basejoin() with old URL).
---

diff --git a/Lib/urllib.py b/Lib/urllib.py
index c3da7bfe00..9ccf9c5007 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib.py
@@ -451,6 +451,8 @@ class FancyURLopener(URLopener):
             return
         void = fp.read()
         fp.close()
+        # In case the server sent a relative URL, join with original:
+        newurl = basejoin("http:" + url, newurl)
         return self.open(newurl, data)
 
     # Error 301 -- also relocated (permanently)