#3490 removing Content-Type and Transfer-Encoding headers on redirect

requests/sessions.py

@@ -140,9 +140,10 @@ def resolve_redirects(self, resp, req, stream=False, timeout=None,
 
             # https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/issues/1084
             if resp.status_code not in (codes.temporary_redirect, codes.permanent_redirect):
-                if 'Content-Length' in prepared_request.headers:
-                    del prepared_request.headers['Content-Length']
-
+                # https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/issues/3490
+                purged_headers = ('Content-Length', 'Content-Type', 'Transfer-Encoding')
+                for header in purged_headers:
+                    prepared_request.headers.pop(header, None)
                 prepared_request.body = None
 
             headers = prepared_request.headers

tests/test_requests.py

@@ -221,6 +221,46 @@ def test_http_303_doesnt_change_head_to_get(self, httpbin):
         assert r.history[0].status_code == 303
         assert r.history[0].is_redirect
 
+    def test_header_and_body_removal_on_redirect(self, httpbin):
+        purged_headers = ('Content-Length', 'Content-Type')
+        ses = requests.Session()
+        req = requests.Request('POST', httpbin('post'), data={'test': 'data'})
+        prep = ses.prepare_request(req)
+        resp = ses.send(prep)
+
+        # Mimic a redirect response
+        resp.status_code = 302
+        resp.headers['location'] = 'get'
+
+        # Run request through resolve_redirects
+        next_resp = next(ses.resolve_redirects(resp, prep))
+        assert next_resp.request.body is None
+        for header in purged_headers:
+            assert header not in next_resp.request.headers
+
+    def test_transfer_enc_removal_on_redirect(self, httpbin):
+        purged_headers = ('Transfer-Encoding', 'Content-Type')
+        ses = requests.Session()
+        req = requests.Request('POST', httpbin('post'), data=(b'x' for x in range(1)))
+        prep = ses.prepare_request(req)
+        assert 'Transfer-Encoding' in prep.headers
+
+        # Create Response to avoid https://github.com/kevin1024/pytest-httpbin/issues/33
+        resp = requests.Response()
+        resp.raw = io.BytesIO(b'the content')
+        resp.request = prep
+        setattr(resp.raw, 'release_conn', lambda *args: args)
+
+        # Mimic a redirect response
+        resp.status_code = 302
+        resp.headers['location'] = httpbin('get')
+
+        # Run request through resolve_redirect
+        next_resp = next(ses.resolve_redirects(resp, prep))
+        assert next_resp.request.body is None
+        for header in purged_headers:
+            assert header not in next_resp.request.headers
+
     def test_HTTP_200_OK_GET_WITH_PARAMS(self, httpbin):
         heads = {'User-agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'}