Does urlopen (request) follow all redirects by default?

Asked Nov 10 '15 at 23:03

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Can someone confirm that http redirects are not enabled by default for urllib.request.urlopen()

I'm trying to trigger urllib.request.urlopen(req). The response seen using my web browser Firefox (not python) is HTTP 302 which indicates a redirect and then Firefox automatically goes to the redirected page which returns HTTP 301 (permanently moved) followed by HTTP 200 (OK).

I'm simulating what the browser is doing in python but the resulting web page is not as expected and I believe it's because the redirect is not being handled.

edited Nov 10 '15 at 23:06

Paul Rooney

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asked Nov 10 '15 at 23:03

user1144251

had a look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8414563/how-to-check-if-the-urllib2-follow-a-redirect ? – Marged Nov 10 '15 at 23:06
Yes i read that post and I still I can't determine if using request.urlopen(req) would follow redirects. – user1144251 Nov 11 '15 at 00:51
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's asking for confirmation. – Santosh Kumar Nov 11 '15 at 00:53
I read it too and my view is: yes it does – Marged Nov 11 '15 at 05:12

Does urlopen (request) follow all redirects by default?

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