- converted to a GET in that case. */
- if (statcode == HTTP_STATUS_TEMPORARY_REDIRECT)
- return NEWLOCATION_KEEP_POST;
+ converted to a GET in that case.
+
+ With strict adherence to RFC2616, POST requests are not
+ converted to a GET request on 301 Permanent Redirect
+ or 302 Temporary Redirect.
+
+ A switch may be provided later based on the HTTPbis draft
+ that allows clients to convert POST requests to GET
+ requests on 301 and 302 response codes. */
+ switch (statcode)
+ {
+ case HTTP_STATUS_TEMPORARY_REDIRECT:
+ return NEWLOCATION_KEEP_POST;
+ case HTTP_STATUS_MOVED_PERMANENTLY:
+ if (opt.method && strcasecmp (opt.method, "post") != 0)
+ return NEWLOCATION_KEEP_POST;
+ break;
+ case HTTP_STATUS_MOVED_TEMPORARILY:
+ if (opt.method && strcasecmp (opt.method, "post") != 0)
+ return NEWLOCATION_KEEP_POST;
+ break;
+ default:
+ return NEWLOCATION;
+ }