Add -L option to curl command

The -L (—location) flag allows redirection to another URL if the response code is 3XX, and the 'Location' header is set. The requests module enables redirection implicitly for the GET method, but the other methods (HEAD, POST, etc.) do not enable redirection.

Author: Ong Yong Xin

bin/curl.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 try:
     import clipboard
 except ImportError:
-    pass
+    clipboard = None
 
 
 def main(args):
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ def main(args):
         action='store_true',
         help='write output to a local file named like the remote file we get'
     )
+    ap.add_argument(
+        '-L',
+        '--location',
+        action='store_true',
+        help='follow redirects to other web pages (if the URL has a 3XX response code)'
+    )
     ap.add_argument(
         '-X',
         '--request-method',
@@ -46,11 +52,24 @@ def main(args):
             headers[name.strip()] = value.strip()
 
     if ns.request_method == 'GET':
-        r = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
+        r = requests.get(
+            url,
+            headers=headers,
+            allow_redirects=ns.location
+        )
     elif ns.request_method == 'POST':
-        r = requests.post(url, data=ns.data, headers=headers)
+        r = requests.post(
+            url,
+            data=ns.data,
+            headers=headers,
+            allow_redirects=ns.location
+        )
     elif ns.request_method == 'HEAD':
-        r = requests.head(url, headers=headers)
+        r = requests.head(
+            url,
+            headers=headers,
+            allow_redirects=ns.location
+        )
     else:
         print('unknown request method: {}'.format(ns.request_method))
         return