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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_POSTREDIR.3 | 16 |
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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_POSTREDIR.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_POSTREDIR.3 index aa36bd0f5..f7765feb6 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_POSTREDIR.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_POSTREDIR.3 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ .\" * | (__| |_| | _ <| |___ .\" * \___|\___/|_| \_\_____| .\" * -.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2014, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. +.\" * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2015, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al. .\" * .\" * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which .\" * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms @@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_POSTREDIR, .SH DESCRIPTION Pass a bitmask to control how libcurl acts on redirects after POSTs that get a 301, 302 or 303 response back. A parameter with bit 0 set (value -\fBCURL_REDIR_POST_301\fP) tells the library to respect RFC2616/10.3.2 and not -convert POST requests into GET requests when following a 301 redirection. -Setting bit 1 (value \fBCURL_REDIR_POST_302\fP) makes libcurl maintain the -request method after a 302 redirect whilst setting bit 2 (value -\fBCURL_REDIR_POST_303\fP) makes libcurl maintain the request method after a -303 redirect. The value \fBCURL_REDIR_POST_ALL\fP is a convenience define that -sets all three bits. +\fBCURL_REDIR_POST_301\fP) tells the library to respect RFC 7231 (section +6.4.2 to 6.4.4) and not convert POST requests into GET requests when following +a 301 redirection. Setting bit 1 (value \fBCURL_REDIR_POST_302\fP) makes +libcurl maintain the request method after a 302 redirect whilst setting bit 2 +(value \fBCURL_REDIR_POST_303\fP) makes libcurl maintain the request method +after a 303 redirect. The value \fBCURL_REDIR_POST_ALL\fP is a convenience +define that sets all three bits. The non-RFC behaviour is ubiquitous in web browsers, so the library does the conversion by default to maintain consistency. However, a server may require a |