HTTP Status 303 See Other redirects do not use GET
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Description
**Describe the bug**
When an API returns a 303 See Other status code, Insomnia will follow the redirect with whatever HTTP Method was used for the original request instead of using the GET method as is standard.
**To Reproduce**
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1. Make a PATCH request to an endpoint that returns a 303 See Other status.
2. See that the request calls the redirect URL with the PATCH method instead of GET.
**Expected behavior**
The expected behavior is for the URL in the Location header to be called using the GET method.
**Screenshots**
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**Desktop (please complete the following information):**
Version: Insomnia 2021.4.0
Release date: 6/29/2021
OS: Darwin x64 19.5.0
Electron: 9.3.5
Node: 12.14.1
V8: 8.3.110.13-electron.0
Architecture: x64
node-libcurl: libcurl/7.73.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1k zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.9 zstd/1.4.9 libidn2/2.1.1 libssh2/1.9.0 nghttp2/1.42.0
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Research direction
No source file or test is named in the issue. Reproduce a PATCH request receiving a 303 response, then trace Insomnia's redirect handling to the method used for the Location URL; done means the redirected request uses GET and the behavior is covered by a regression test.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- node.js, typescript
- Domain
- api
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100