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"requests" does not handle redirection with relative path correctly
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Description
In python-ecosys/requests/requests/init.py:183,
The url redirect can be a relative path, which cause the missing of hostname and protocal at redirecting.
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Start at python-ecosys/requests/requests/init.py:183 and inspect how the redirect URL is constructed. Reproduce a redirect whose location is a relative path, then verify that following it preserves the original hostname and protocol.
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- python
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- networking
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- Bug
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