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-rw-r--r--Lib/httplib.py15
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_httplib.py13
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/httplib.py b/Lib/httplib.py
index caf6ccd..9527e29 100644
--- a/Lib/httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/httplib.py
@@ -208,10 +208,11 @@ class HTTPResponse:
# See RFC 2616 sec 19.6 and RFC 1945 sec 6 for details.
- def __init__(self, sock, debuglevel=0, strict=0):
+ def __init__(self, sock, debuglevel=0, strict=0, method=None):
self.fp = sock.makefile('rb', 0)
self.debuglevel = debuglevel
self.strict = strict
+ self._method = method
self.msg = None
@@ -326,7 +327,8 @@ class HTTPResponse:
# does the body have a fixed length? (of zero)
if (status == 204 or # No Content
status == 304 or # Not Modified
- 100 <= status < 200): # 1xx codes
+ 100 <= status < 200 or # 1xx codes
+ self._method == 'HEAD'):
self.length = 0
# if the connection remains open, and we aren't using chunked, and
@@ -497,6 +499,7 @@ class HTTPConnection:
self._buffer = []
self.__response = None
self.__state = _CS_IDLE
+ self._method = None
self._set_hostport(host, port)
if strict is not None:
@@ -626,6 +629,8 @@ class HTTPConnection:
else:
raise CannotSendRequest()
+ # Save the method we use, we need it later in the response phase
+ self._method = method
if not url:
url = '/'
str = '%s %s %s' % (method, url, self._http_vsn_str)
@@ -763,9 +768,11 @@ class HTTPConnection:
if self.debuglevel > 0:
response = self.response_class(self.sock, self.debuglevel,
- strict=self.strict)
+ strict=self.strict,
+ method=self._method)
else:
- response = self.response_class(self.sock, strict=self.strict)
+ response = self.response_class(self.sock, strict=self.strict,
+ method=self._method)
response.begin()
assert response.will_close != _UNKNOWN
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_httplib.py b/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
index 8764455..29f4503 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
@@ -78,4 +78,17 @@ def _test():
if cookies != hdr:
raise AssertionError, "multiple headers not combined properly"
+ # test that the library doesn't attempt to read any data
+ # from a head request
+ conn = httplib.HTTPConnection("www.python.org")
+ conn.connect()
+ conn.request("HEAD", "/", headers={"Connection" : "keep-alive"})
+ resp = conn.getresponse()
+ if resp.status != 200:
+ raise AssertionError, "Expected status 200, got %d" % resp.status
+ if resp.read() != "":
+ raise AssertionError, "Did not expect response from HEAD request"
+ resp.close()
+ conn.close()
+
test()