wbox1
Http testing tool and configuration-less http server
Usage
wbox <url>
[options]
wbox servermode
webroot
<path>
[serverport
<portnumber>
(def
8081)]
Overview
wbox aims to help you having fun while testing HTTP related stuff. You can use it to perform many tasks, including the following:
- Benchmarking how much time it takes to generate content for your web application.
- Web server and web application stressing.
- Testing virtual domains configuration without the need to alter your local resolver.
- Use it as a configuration-less HTTP server to share files!
Options
<number>
|
Stop after <number> requests |
|---|---|
compr
|
Send Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate in request |
showhdr
|
Show the HTTP reply header |
dump
|
Show the HTTP reply header + body |
silent
|
Don't show status lines |
head
|
Use the HEAD method instead of GET |
http10
|
Use HTTP/1.0 instead of HTTP/1.1 |
close
|
Close the connection after reading few bytes |
host <hostname>
|
Use <hostname> as Host: field in HTTP request |
timesplit
|
Show transfer times for different data chunks |
wait <number>
|
Wait <number> seconds between requests. Default 1. |
clients <number>
|
Spawn <number> concurrent clients (via fork()). |
referer <url>
|
Send the specified referer header. |
cookie <name> <val>
|
Set cookie name=val, can be used multiple times. |
maxclients <number>
|
Max concurrent clients in server mode (default 20). |
-
-h or --help -
Show this help.
-
-v -
Show version.
Usage examples
wbox wikipedia.org (simplest, basic usage)
wbox wikipedia.org 3 compr wait 0 (three requests, compression, no delay)
wbox wikipedia.org 1 showhdr silent (just show the HTTP reply header)
wbox wikipedia.org timesplit (show split time information)
wbox 1.2.3.4 host example.domain (test a virtual domain at 1.2.3.4)
wbox servermode webroot /tmp/mydocuments (Try it with http://127.0.0.1:8081)
Tutorial
Wbox is trivial to use but, in order to understand better what wbox is and how to use it, you may want to read the TUTORIAL inside the /usr/share/doc/wbox/ directory.
Releases
8 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 1 time.