---
name: "httest"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "httest"
version: "2.4.23-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/httest"
---

# httest(1)

test HTTP driven application

## 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

## 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 headers "/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 headers "/foo"
_WAIT
__HTTP/1.1 200 OK
__Content-Length: AUTO
__
__Hello World
END
```

## EXAMPLES

httest script.htt

httest -Ts script.htt

## 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.