[CB-488] FileTransfer.upload does not follow redirects on Android

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.3.0, 1.4.0, 1.5.0
• Fix Version/s: Master
• Component/s: cordova-plugin-file-transfer (DEPRECATED)
• Labels: Android

Environment

Andoid device: Samsung Galaxy S Plus

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Wouter
• Created: 12/Apr/12 14:13
• Updated: 22/Nov/17 01:16
• Resolved: 22/Nov/17 01:16

Description

We are trying to upload a local move file to Youtube though the Youtube API. This API works in such a way that after uploading a file a redirect is done to another location. Unfortunately the Android implementation of FileTransfer does not follow this redirect. (The iPhone implementation does follow the redirect.)

Steps to reproduce:

• Create a FileTransfer instance and call the upload method following the example at http://docs.phonegap.com/en/1.6.0/cordova_file_file.md.html#FileTransfer
• The server the file is posted to (in the sample this is http://some.server.com/upload.php) should do a redirect to another location to reproduce this issue.

Actual Result:

• In the success callback the FileUploadResult.responseCode is 302, and the FileUploadResult.response is "Temporarily Moved" (or similar depending on the webserver that responded with the redirect).

Expected Result:

• The redirect is followed and the result of the new location is retreived and represented in the FileUploadResult instance.
  Or (but lower preference):
• The FileUploadResult instance also contains the HTTP headers that were sent with the response so that the Location header (containging the url to redirect to) is known.