From afac4caa7db30804bebac33e53c3cb0237958224 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: coletdev <coletdjnz@protonmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2022 15:40:26 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix redirect HTTP method handling (#3577)
Authored by: coletdjnz
---
yt_dlp/utils.py | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/yt_dlp/utils.py b/yt_dlp/utils.py
index e25a112d32..5c83b92b48 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/utils.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/utils.py
@@ -1587,9 +1587,21 @@ class YoutubeDLRedirectHandler(compat_urllib_request.HTTPRedirectHandler):
CONTENT_HEADERS = ("content-length", "content-type")
# NB: don't use dict comprehension for python 2.6 compatibility
newheaders = {k: v for k, v in req.headers.items() if k.lower() not in CONTENT_HEADERS}
+
+ # A 303 must either use GET or HEAD for subsequent request
+ # https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7231#section-6.4.4
+ if code == 303 and m != 'HEAD':
+ m = 'GET'
+ # 301 and 302 redirects are commonly turned into a GET from a POST
+ # for subsequent requests by browsers, so we'll do the same.
+ # https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7231#section-6.4.2
+ # https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7231#section-6.4.3
+ if code in (301, 302) and m == 'POST':
+ m = 'GET'
+
return compat_urllib_request.Request(
newurl, headers=newheaders, origin_req_host=req.origin_req_host,
- unverifiable=True)
+ unverifiable=True, method=m)
def extract_timezone(date_str):