[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Issue #22450: Use "Accept: */*" in the default headers for urllib

[raymond.hettinger]

https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e84105b48436
changeset:   103499:e84105b48436
branch:      2.7
parent:      103443:951f0de11a01
user:        Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com>
date:        Fri Sep 09 16:23:06 2016 -0700
summary:
  Issue #22450: Use "Accept: */*" in the default headers for urllib

files:
  Lib/urllib.py |  2 +-
  Misc/NEWS     |  4 ++++
  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Lib/urllib.py b/Lib/urllib.py
--- a/Lib/urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
         self.key_file = x509.get('key_file')
         self.cert_file = x509.get('cert_file')
         self.context = context
-        self.addheaders = [('User-Agent', self.version)]
+        self.addheaders = [('User-Agent', self.version), ('Accept', '*/*')]
         self.__tempfiles = []
         self.__unlink = os.unlink # See cleanup()
         self.tempcache = None
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
 - Issue #27570: Avoid zero-length memcpy() etc calls with null source
   pointers in the "ctypes" and "array" modules.
 
+- Issue #22450: urllib now includes an "Accept: */*" header among the
+  default headers.  This makes the results of REST API requests more
+  consistent and predictable especially when proxy servers are involved.
+
 - lib2to3.pgen3.driver.load_grammar() now creates a stable cache file
   between runs given the same Grammar.txt input regardless of the hash
   randomization setting.

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Repository URL: https://hg.python.org/cpython