[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 522884] New: gstneonhttpsrc does not handle the HTTP status 303 correctly.

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  GStreamer | gst-plugins-bad | Ver: HEAD CVS
           Summary: gstneonhttpsrc does not handle the HTTP status 303
                    correctly.
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: HEAD CVS
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gst-plugins-bad
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
        ReportedBy: kwangyul.seo at gmail.com
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


gstneonhttpsrc handles the HTTP status 302, but it ignore the HTTP status 303
"See Other". Refer to the http 1.1 specification for status code.

http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html

Note: Many pre-HTTP/1.1 user agents do not understand the 303
status. When interoperability with such clients is a concern, the
302 status code may be used instead, since most user agents react
to a 302 response as described here for 303.


Replacing 303 with 302 works fine, but I am not sure if this is okay because
there is a subtle difference between 302 and 303. In case of 303, the URI
should be retrieved using a GET method on that resource.


The following is a URL which returns 303 code.

http://www.youtube.com/get_video?hl=en&video_id=6uLUVI3Y0q0&l=60&t=OEgsToPDskIC--0tx6Q-yCsbEcUhrBqk&sk=5_RpHeJouXemWTcCtl2xLAC


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