RE: New http-request test, http-request-012.xml

> > > In response to a bug report[1], I've added a new 
> > p:http-request test,
> > > http://tests.xproc.org/tests/required/http-request-012.xml
> > > 
> > > In order to pass this test, the processor must accept 
> > cookies from the
> > > "over-here" request, perform the HTTP redirection that it 
> requests,
> > > and pass the coookie values to the redirected endpoint.
> > > 
> > > I think that's how p:http-request should behave.
> > 

If we turn on this feature in p:http-request by default, maybe we should
consider providing an option for turning it off. Probably a crazy idea,
but perhaps there is a use case where you *don't want* to handle cookies
(or even follow HTTP redirects)?

Regards,
Vojtech

Received on Friday, 12 December 2008 08:23:28 UTC