[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 29761] New: [GTK] performs a POST when refreshing a view that was obtained with a GET

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29761

           Summary: [GTK] performs a POST when refreshing a view that was
                    obtained with a GET
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: WebKit Gtk
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: xan.lopez at gmail.com


Quoting from https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=595348:

I use a web application that handles editing items by having the client POST to
a URL that, when requested, performs the edit. It then redirects the client to
the original URL for viewing the item.

If I perform an edit, and press Refresh after being redirected, epiphany does a
POST to the redirected-to URL rather than a GET.

With the gecko backend, pressing refresh would have resulted in a GET to the
redirected-to URL.

Here's an example.

localhost - - [16/Sep/2009 12:30:17] "GET /view HTTP/1.1" 200 517
 [ now i'll mark the items on the page as read ]
localhost - - [16/Sep/2009 12:30:57] "POST /view/mark_read HTTP/1.1" 302 274
 [ the response redirects the client ]
localhost - - [16/Sep/2009 12:30:58] "GET /view HTTP/1.1" 200 517
 [ fine so far, now I'm back to the view page. I'll now hit refresh ]
localhost - - [16/Sep/2009 12:31:35] "POST /view HTTP/1.1" 404 226
 [ ouch!]

The two problems that are, I guess, related are:

 1. The final request shoudl have been a GET
 2. I was not prompted for confirmation for resumbitting the POSTed information

This happens with epiphany 2.7.92 and webkit 1.1.14. It does not hapen with
epiphany 2.26.3 and xulrunner 1.9.0.14.

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