python-requests: Limit Number of Redirects Followed

Question

Is there a way to limit the number of redirects that python-requests will follow when performing a GET?

I know about allow_redirects=False, but that jus

Answer 1

If you want to get the header (or other information) of the request that cause the Max Rediect Limit Exception, you can do like that:

session = requests.Session()
session.max_redirects = 1
try:
    r = session.post(url, headers=headers, params=querystring, data=payload)
except requests.exceptions.TooManyRedirects as exc:
    r = exc.response

Make sure your requests are the latest edition.

Answer 2

You have to create Session object and set max_redirects variable to 3

session = requests.Session()
session.max_redirects = 3
session.get(url)

TooManyRedirects exception will be raised if a requests exceeds maximum number of redirects.

Related github issue discussing why you can not set max_redirects per request https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/issues/1300