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PROGRAM:

NAME

httest - test HTTP driven application

SYNOPSIS

httest [OPTIONS] scripts

DESCRIPTION

httest is a script based tool for testing and benchmarking web applications, web servers,
proxy servers and web browsers. httest can emulate clients and servers in the same test
script, very useful for testing proxys.

OPTIONS

-V --version
Print version number and exit

-h --help
Display usage information (this message)

-n --suppress
do no print start and OK|FAILED

-s --silent
silent mode

-e --error
log level error

-i --info
log level info

-d --debug
log level debug for script debugging

-p --debug-system
log level debug-system to log more details

-L --list-commands
List all available script commands

-C --help-command
Print help for specific command

-t --duration
Print test duration

-T --timestamp
Time stamp on every run

-S --shell
Shell mode

-S --shell
Shell mode

-D --define
Define variables

-l --log-thread-number Show the thread number for every printed line

-b --color
Colored output

EXAMPLES

httest script.htt

httest -Ts script.htt

SCRIPTS

httest is script based. The following script examples can be but into a scripte i.e.
sample.htt and can be called like

httest sample.htt

SIMPLE SCRIPT

Get a page and do expect return code 200 OK.

CLIENT
_REQ www.google.ch 80
__GET /search?q=apache HTTP/1.1
__Host: www.google.ch
__
_EXPECT headers "HTTP/1.1 200 OK"
_WAIT
END

CUT AND PAST SCRIPT

Cut and past from a HTTP stream, i.e we cut the apache host to access it in the second
request.

CLIENT
_REQ www.google.ch 80
__GET /search?q=apache HTTP/1.1
__Host: www.google.ch
__
_MATCH body '\<a href="http://([^\/]*)/" class=l\>Welcome! - The \<em\>Apache\</em\> HTTP Server Project' APACHE_HOST
_WAIT

_REQ $APACHE_HOST 80
__GET / HTTP/1.1
__Host: $APACHE_HOST
__
_WAIT
END

CLIENT SERVER SCRIPT

We can hold client and server in the same host. Actually multiple client and multiple
server. Very useful to test forward or reverse proxies. Or a webapplication which
communicat itself with third party servers i.e. mail server.

This is a very basic selfcontained test you can run on any maschine.

CLIENT
_REQ localhost 8080
__GET /foo HTTP/1.1
__Host: localhost
__
_WAIT
END

SERVER 8080
_RES
_EXPECT "/foo"
_WAIT
__HTTP/1.1 200 OK
__Content-Length: AUTO
__
__Hello World
END

SSL SCRIPT

Of course SSL do also work with httest, just put "SSL:" before port.

CLIENT
_REQ localhost SSL:8080
__GET /foo HTTP/1.1
__Host: localhost
__
_WAIT
END

SERVER SSL:8080
_RES
_EXPECT "/foo"
_WAIT
__HTTP/1.1 200 OK
__Content-Length: AUTO
__
__Hello World
END

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