Allow relative URI in redirection
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Description
RFC 7231 allows for relative URI in the redirection response: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-7.1.2
However, WebOb converts relative URI to absolute before sending the response. It is done when using HTTPFound, HTTPMovedPermanently exceptions or when using Response with Location header.
Here are pieces of code which demonstrate that. This code is not using any web server. It is pure Python WSGI reference implementation
from wsgiref.util import setup_testing_defaults
from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server
from webob import Response
def app(environ, start_response):
headers = [('Location', './new_page')]
r = Response("redirected", status=301, headers=headers)
return r(environ, start_response)
httpd = make_server('', 8000, app)
httpd.serve_forever()
from wsgiref.util import setup_testing_defaults
from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server
from webob.exc import HTTPMovedPermanently
def app(environ, start_response):
r = HTTPMovedPermanently(location='./new_page')
return r(environ, start_response)
httpd = make_server('', 8000, app)
httpd.serve_forever()
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Research direction
Start with the Response handling for a Location header and the HTTPMovedPermanently exception, using the two WSGI examples as reproduction cases. Trace where a relative './new_page' is converted before the response is sent. Done means relative redirect URIs remain relative in both cases, while absolute URIs continue to work.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100