[issue10861] urllib2 sporadically falsely claims infinite redirect

[Shawn Ligocki]

New submission from Shawn Ligocki <sligocki at gmail.com>:

urllib2 sporadically falsely claims that http://www.bankofamerica.com/ has infinite redirect:


$ python -c 'import urllib2; print urllib2.urlopen("http://www.bankofamerica.com/").geturl()'
https://www.bankofamerica.com/

$ python -c 'import urllib2; print urllib2.urlopen("http://www.bankofamerica.com/").geturl()'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 126, in urlopen
    return _opener.open(url, data, timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 397, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 510, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 429, in error
    result = self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 369, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 605, in http_error_302
    return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 397, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 510, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 429, in error
    result = self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 369, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 605, in http_error_302
    return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 397, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 510, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 429, in error
    result = self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 369, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 605, in http_error_302
    return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 397, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 510, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 429, in error
    result = self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 369, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 605, in http_error_302
    return self.parent.open(new, timeout=req.timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 397, in open
    response = meth(req, response)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 510, in http_response
    'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 429, in error
    result = self._call_chain(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 369, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/urllib2.py", line 595, in http_error_302
    self.inf_msg + msg, headers, fp)
urllib2.HTTPError: HTTP Error 302: The HTTP server returned a redirect error that would lead to an infinite loop.
The last 30x error message was:
Found



Since it is sporadic, it could just be a problem with bankofamerica.com's servers. Is there an easy way to see what response urllib2 got that made it unhappy?

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 125693
nosy: sligocki
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: urllib2 sporadically falsely claims infinite redirect
versions: Python 2.6

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