Fix support for following redirects added by ee88c42c3b (#4240) (#4385)

libraries/HTTPClient/src/HTTPClient.cpp

@@ -919,21 +919,19 @@ int HTTPClient::writeToStream(Stream * stream)
  */
 String HTTPClient::getString(void)
 {
+    // _size can be -1 when Server sends no Content-Length header
+    if(_size > 0 || _size == -1) {
         StreamString sstring;
-
+        // try to reserve needed memory (noop if _size == -1)
-    if(_size > 0) {
+        if(sstring.reserve((_size + 1))) {
-        // try to reserve needed memmory
-        if(!sstring.reserve((_size + 1))) {
-            log_d("not enough memory to reserve a string! need: %d", (_size + 1));
-            return "";
-        }
-    }
-    else {
-        return "";
-    }
-
             writeToStream(&sstring);
             return sstring;            
+        } else {
+            log_d("not enough memory to reserve a string! need: %d", (_size + 1));
+        }
+    }
+
+    return "";
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1441,8 +1439,10 @@ bool HTTPClient::setURL(const String& url)
         _port = (_protocol == "https" ? 443 : 80);
     }
 
-    // disconnect but preserve _client (clear _canReuse so disconnect will close the connection)
+    // disconnect but preserve _client. 
-    _canReuse = false;
+    // Also have to keep the connection otherwise it will free some of the memory used by _client 
+    // and will blow up later when trying to do _client->available() or similar
+    _canReuse = true;
     disconnect(true);
     return beginInternal(url, _protocol.c_str());
 }