Sisters and Brothers,

I am trying to tell LWP::UserAgent (UA) not to follow any redirect (for example, a server response of '302 Found').

I would like UA to simply make a request and then just to return the HTTP::Response back to me.

So, I create UA as thus: 

my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(
  'requests_redirectable' => [],
  'max_redirect' => 0,
);

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With the above, I can see in my logs that indeed UA does not follow the redirect but now I get a warning:

Client-Warning: Redirect loop detected (max_redirect = 0)

which is produced in this check in LWP::UserAgent.pm (sub request): 

    if ($response->redirects >= $self->{max_redirect}) {
        $response->header("Client-Warning" =>
                "Redirect loop detected (max_redirect = $self->{max_re
+direct})"
        );
       return $response;
    }

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The redirect count is zero, the max_redirects is zero but that does not mean a redirect loop has been detected.

Or am I confused (just in this particular issue)?

thanks,

b

In reply to LWP::UserAgent : setting max_redirect to 0 yields 'Client-Warning: Redirect loop detected by bliako

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