should change method to GET when following 303 redirect

[wkrsz]

When my server responds to PUT/DELETE with 303 redirect, PhantomJS follows the redirect with original request method. It correctly changes request method to GET after POST requests. Here's a snippet from my server log:

[127.0.0.1] Started DELETE "/clients/809315521/workflow_instances/122797022" for 127.0.0.1 at 2013-04-08 05:21:27 +0200
[127.0.0.1] Redirected to http://127.0.0.1:57228/clients/809315521/workflow_instances
[127.0.0.1] Completed 303 See Other in 24ms (ActiveRecord: 5.2ms)
[127.0.0.1] Started DELETE "/clients/809315521/workflow_instances" for 127.0.0.1 at 2013-04-08 05:21:28 +0200

RFC2616 states that:
The response to the request can be found under a different URI and SHOULD be retrieved using a GET method on that resource.
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616#section-10.3.4

[wkrsz]

XHR in Chrome, Safari, FF does change request method to GET on 303 redirects, as expected.

[wkrsz]

[schmilblick]

@WojtekKruszewski Haha, I stumbled over this issue when Googling for redirect issues with PhantomJS, you are not alone! 👍 :)

[wkrsz]

@schmilblick :D https://xkcd.com/979/

[jprince]

👍

[villesundberg]

👍

[asok]

Yup I have the same when using poltergeist which is based on phantomjs.

[maxjustus]

👍

[liebig]

Issue still exists!

[osgrob]

...and still exists

[jonathanpa]

and still still exists ...

[stale]

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