rebuild_method() — requests Function Reference

Architecture documentation for the rebuild_method() function in sessions.py from the requests codebase.

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  16c8903e_3ca3_7db8_eb77_e4f913e304f4["rebuild_method()"]
  29cd946c_8c0d_e37c_acb9_dfb2b83bf42b["SessionRedirectMixin"]
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  cbf6862f_d124_817f_3342_f1142c276f25["resolve_redirects()"]
  cbf6862f_d124_817f_3342_f1142c276f25 -->|calls| 16c8903e_3ca3_7db8_eb77_e4f913e304f4
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Source Code

src/requests/sessions.py lines 334–354

    def rebuild_method(self, prepared_request, response):
        """When being redirected we may want to change the method of the request
        based on certain specs or browser behavior.
        """
        method = prepared_request.method

        # https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-6.4.4
        if response.status_code == codes.see_other and method != "HEAD":
            method = "GET"

        # Do what the browsers do, despite standards...
        # First, turn 302s into GETs.
        if response.status_code == codes.found and method != "HEAD":
            method = "GET"

        # Second, if a POST is responded to with a 301, turn it into a GET.
        # This bizarre behaviour is explained in Issue 1704.
        if response.status_code == codes.moved and method == "POST":
            method = "GET"

        prepared_request.method = method