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

AUTHOR

       Written by Christian Liesch

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to http://sourceforge.net/projects/htt

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not
       even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.