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Raise an exception on https redirects for PUT/POST
POST and PUT requests are modified by clients when redirections happen. A common problem with python-gitlab is a misconfiguration of the server URL: the http to https redirection breaks some requests. With this change python-gitlab should detect problematic redirections, and raise a proper exception instead of failing with a cryptic error. Closes #565
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‎gitlab/__init__.py

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import gitlab.config
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from gitlab.const import * # noqa
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from gitlab.exceptions import * # noqa
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from gitlab import utils # noqa
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__title__ = 'python-gitlab'
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__version__ = '1.5.1'
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warnings.filterwarnings('default', category=DeprecationWarning,
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module='^gitlab')
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REDIRECT_MSG = ('python-gitlab detected an http to https redirection. You '
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'must update your GitLab URL to use https:// to avoid issues.')
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def _sanitize(value):
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if isinstance(value, dict):
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else:
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return '%s%s' % (self._url, path)
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def _check_redirects(self, result):
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# Check the requests history to detect http to https redirections.
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# If the initial verb is POST, the next request will use a GET request,
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# leading to an unwanted behaviour.
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# If the initial verb is PUT, the data will not be send with the next
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# request.
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# If we detect a redirection to https with a POST or a PUT request, we
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# raise an exception with a useful error message.
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if result.history and self._base_url.startswith('http:'):
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for item in result.history:
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if item.status_code not in (301, 302):
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continue
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# GET methods can be redirected without issue
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if result.request.method == 'GET':
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continue
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# Did we end-up with an https:// URL?
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location = item.headers.get('Location', None)
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if location and location.startswith('https://'):
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raise RedirectError(REDIRECT_MSG)
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def http_request(self, verb, path, query_data={}, post_data=None,
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streamed=False, files=None, **kwargs):
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"""Make an HTTP request to the Gitlab server.
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GitlabHttpError: When the return code is not 2xx
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"""
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def sanitized_url(url):
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parsed = six.moves.urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
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new_path = parsed.path.replace('.', '%2E')
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return parsed._replace(path=new_path).geturl()
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url = self._build_url(path)
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def copy_dict(dest, src):
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for k, v in src.items():
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if isinstance(v, dict):
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# Transform dict values in new attributes. For example:
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# custom_attributes: {'foo', 'bar'} =>
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# custom_attributes['foo']: 'bar'
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for dict_k, dict_v in v.items():
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dest['%s[%s]' % (k, dict_k)] = dict_v
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else:
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dest[k] = v
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params = {}
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copy_dict(params, query_data)
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copy_dict(params, kwargs)
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utils.copy_dict(params, query_data)
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utils.copy_dict(params, kwargs)
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opts = self._get_session_opts(content_type='application/json')
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req = requests.Request(verb, url, json=json, data=data, params=params,
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files=files, **opts)
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prepped = self.session.prepare_request(req)
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prepped.url = sanitized_url(prepped.url)
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prepped.url = utils.sanitized_url(prepped.url)
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settings = self.session.merge_environment_settings(
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prepped.url, {}, streamed, verify, None)
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while True:
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result = self.session.send(prepped, timeout=timeout, **settings)
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self._check_redirects(result)
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if 200 <= result.status_code < 300:
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return result
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‎gitlab/exceptions.py

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pass
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class RedirectError(GitlabError):
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pass
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class GitlabParsingError(GitlabError):
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pass
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‎gitlab/utils.py

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# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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import six
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class _StdoutStream(object):
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def __call__(self, chunk):
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for chunk in response.iter_content(chunk_size=chunk_size):
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if chunk:
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action(chunk)
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def copy_dict(dest, src):
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for k, v in src.items():
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if isinstance(v, dict):
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# Transform dict values to new attributes. For example:
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# custom_attributes: {'foo', 'bar'} =>
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# "custom_attributes['foo']": "bar"
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for dict_k, dict_v in v.items():
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dest['%s[%s]' % (k, dict_k)] = dict_v
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else:
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dest[k] = v
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def sanitized_url(url):
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parsed = six.moves.urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
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new_path = parsed.path.replace('.', '%2E')
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return parsed._replace(path=new_path).geturl()

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