Re^2: redirection loop

The thing is, I can do the redirection manually. I can find the url redirection link in the retrieved web page, and use it to retrieve the web page I want. This works, but it is very long and ugly, and I would rather use the LWP::UserAgent redirection if I can.
Also, the page that I get back with the redirection loop is a page that can be redirected (it has the redirection url link), so I don't think that something is wrong with the website.

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Re^3: redirection loop by ruzam (Curate) on May 14, 2006 at 15:13 UTC
Do you have a page example? According to the docks the redirect limit in LWP::UserAgent is set to 7 unless you change it with the 'max_redirect' option. I can't think of a reason why you would need to set it beyond 7. If you've some how set it to 0 then that would explain a few things.	[reply]
Re^4: redirection loop by mrguy123 (Hermit) on May 15, 2006 at 14:16 UTC
Thanks for your reply. I don't think the redirect option is set to 0, because in most cases (80%) the LWP::UserAgent redirection works fine. This is what I get when I print the retrieved page header: Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 14:08:20 GMT Location: /libweb/australia/do/login Server: Apache Tomcat/4.1.12 (HTTP/1.1 Connector) Content-Length: 65 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Client-Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 14:05:43 GMT Client-Response-Num: 1 Client-Warning: Redirect loop detected The page itself is an error message. I don't think that there are more than 7 redirections, because when I can redirect it manually without too much trouble (although I don't want to use this solution). If you have any other ideas I would be happy to hear them. Thanks, Guy Naamati	[reply]
Re^5: redirection loop by ruzam (Curate) on May 16, 2006 at 17:09 UTC
Well, you've pretty much tapped me out (not that I had alot to offer to start with) :) It looks to me like you've hit a login page? Maybe the login is incorrect, so the login page redirects to an error page, possibly with a timed refesh to return back to the login page. Javascript performs the time delay, so if you hit the site manually with a browser it all looks appropriate. UserAgent doesn't understand javascript, but sees the redirect and takes it. Full circle. The page itself may even be looking for an agent that it believes can handle the javascript timed redirect, chosing to skip the javascript and redirect immediately. At least that's what I'd suspect...	[reply]
Re^4: redirection loop by mrguy123 (Hermit) on May 17, 2006 at 08:47 UTC
Well, thanks for the help. If I ever figure it out I will let you know, although the javascript answer seems quite possible (javascript has been giving me trouble before). Thanks again Guy Naamati	[reply]