Editing HTTP request and response data tool

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== HTTP request and response data tool ==
Testing the <span title="應用程式介面 (Application Programming Interface, API)"><span style="cursor:help; Border-bottom-style:dotted; Border-bottom-width:thin;" class="acronym">API</span></span> or pressure test.

=== HTTP headers generator ===
* [[Apache Jmeter]] v. 2.7<ref>[http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/jmeter_proxy_step_by_step.pdf JMeter proxy Step-by-step]</ref>
** approach 1: (1) Add config element: HTTP request defaults (2) Add Sampler: HTTP request (3) Add Listener: View results tree (4) Run the test plan
** approach 2: (1) install unofficial [http://code.google.com/p/jmeter-plugins/ jmeter-plugins] (2) Add Sampler: jp@gc - HTTP Raw Request<ref>[http://code.google.com/p/jmeter-plugins/wiki/RawRequest RawRequest - jmeter-plugins - Every load test needs some sexy features! - Google Project Hosting]</ref> (3) Add Listener: View results tree (4) Run the test plan

* [http://www.telerik.com/fiddler Fiddler free web debugging proxy] for {{Win}}

* [http://blog.darkthread.net/post-2015-03-12-http-request-with-telnet.aspx 網站除錯小技巧－用TELNET模擬HTTP請求 - 黑暗執行緒]
<pre>
telnet localhost 80
"header content" Enter
Enter
</pre>

* [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/postman/fhbjgbiflinjbdggehcddcbncdddomop?hl=zh-TW Postman] ([https://www.getpostman.com/docs/ documentation]) & [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/postman-interceptor/aicmkgpgakddgnaphhhpliifpcfhicfo?hl=zh-TW Postman Interceptor] for {{Chrome}}

=== Display HTTP headers of a web page ===
* {{Gd}} [https://www.getpostman.com/ Postman | API Development Environment]
* {{Chrome}}: Press {{kbd | key = F12}} to open the '''Developer Tools''' window -> Switch to ''Network'' panel -> Click the ''Headers'' to display the HTTP headers of a web page. (1)Section ''Query String Parameters'' for HTTP GET request (2)Section ''Form Data'' for HTTP POST request.  Further reading: [https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/network?hl=zh-TW Chrome DevTools — Google Developers]
* [https://www.mozilla.org/zh-TW/firefox/new/ Firefox]: [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Web_Console/Opening_the_Web_Console Opening the Web Console - Firefox Developer Tools | MDN] --> Switch to "Network" label --> Click one of URLs --> Show the Headers. (formerly [http://getfirebug.com/ Firebug])

* [http://livehttpheaders.mozdev.org/ LiveHTTPHeaders] for {{Fx}}

* [http://www.ericgiguere.com/articles/masquerading-your-browser.html Masquerading Your Browser]: also offer the tool [http://www.ericgiguere.com/tools/http-header-viewer.html HTTP Header Viewer] {{access | date=2012-05-16}}

* [https://curl.haxx.se/ curl] e.g. Input the command {{kbd | key=<nowiki>curl -L -I <URL></nowiki>}}{{access | date=2018-09-20}}
** Option {{kbd | key=<nowiki>-L, --location</nowiki>}} "If the server reports that the requested page has moved to a different location (indicated with a Location: header and a 3XX response code)." quoted from [https://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html manual].
** Option {{kbd | key=<nowiki>-I, --head</nowiki>}} "Fetch the headers only!" quoted from manual.

* [https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/ Wget - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation] e.g. Input the command {{kbd | key=<nowiki>wget -S --spider <URL></nowiki>}} <ref>[https://www.zyxware.com/articles/2402/viewing-http-headers-using-wget Viewing HTTP Headers using Wget | Zyxware Technologies]</ref>{{access | date=2018-09-20}}
** Option {{kbd | key=<nowiki>-S, --server-response</nowiki>}} "Print the headers sent by HTTP servers and responses sent by FTP servers." quoted from manual.
** Option {{kbd | key=<nowiki>--spider</nowiki>}} "When invoked with this option, Wget will behave as a Web spider, which means that it will not download the pages, just check that they are there." quoted from manual.

* ''$'' [https://paw.cloud/ Paw – The most advanced API tool] for {{Mac}}

Example result after executed {{kbd | key=curl}} command:
<pre>
$ curl -L -I https://www.google.com

HTTP/2 200
date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 02:56:29 GMT
expires: -1
cache-control: private, max-age=0
content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
p3p: CP="This is not a P3P policy! See g.co/p3phelp for more info."
server: gws
x-xss-protection: 1; mode=block
x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN
set-cookie: 1P_JAR=2018-09-20-02; expires=Sat, 20-Oct-2018 02:56:29 GMT; path=/; domain=.google.com
set-cookie: NID=139=DXgMIx0L06ZUBLaTUD2J_pqIvfgSEo945An0URyIwGqVf_NOxPcHcaAxhNwNforv-Lw0-m6DSKX-y1wz0EhuC-tdzLHPyWYqLVOdu7VBgjH9spnMr_2MfY79uh05aYuH; expires=Fri, 22-Mar-2019 02:56:29 GMT; path=/; domain=.google.com; HttpOnly
alt-svc: quic=":443"; ma=2592000; v="44,43,39,35"
accept-ranges: none
vary: Accept-Encoding
</pre>


=== other tools ===
* [[Packet sniffer]]: Wireshark, URL Snooper
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/poster/ Poster][http://code.google.com/p/poster-extension/] for {{Fx}}
* [http://www.httpwatch.com/ HttpWatch 9.0: HTTP Sniffer] for {{IE}}, {{Fx}} and iPhone
** Steps to view the POST data: (1)start recording HTTP requests (2)click URL (3)switch the label to '''POST Data'''

echo
* [https://httpbin.org/ httpbin.org] "A simple HTTP Request & Response Service."

web security
* [https://tools.geekflare.com/tools/x-frame-options-test X-Frame-Options Header Checker Tool] {{access | date=2019-03-06}}
* [https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Zed_Attack_Proxy_Project OWASP Zed Attack Proxy Project - OWASP] {{access | date=2019-03-06}}

== HTTP & HTTPS Proxy ==
* [https://mitmproxy.org/ mitmproxy - an interactive HTTPS proxy] ([https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/blob/main/LICENSE MIT license] {{Gd}}) on {{Win}}, {{Mac}} & {{Linux}}<ref>[https://docs.mitmproxy.org/stable/overview/installation/ Installation]</ref>
* [https://portswigger.net/burp Burp Suite - Application Security Testing Software - PortSwigger]
* ''$'' [https://www.charlesproxy.com/ Charles Web Debugging Proxy • HTTP Monitor / HTTP Proxy / HTTPS & SSL Proxy / Reverse Proxy] on {{Mac}}
* ''$'' [https://www.telerik.com/fiddler Fiddler - Web Debugging Proxy - Telerik] on {{Win}}, {{Mac}} & {{Linux}}
* ''$'' [https://proxyman.io/ Proxyman · Native, Modern Web Debugging Proxy · Inspect network from Mac, iOS, Android devices with ease]

== Web page compression check ==
online gzip test 
* [http://www.gidnetwork.com/tools/gzip-test.php GIDZipTest: Web Page Compression (Deflate / Gzip) Test - GIDNetwork]: A simple online web page compression / deflate / gzip test tool
* [http://www.port80software.com/products/httpzip/ Port80 Software » Products » File Compression for IIS Servers]



== related article ==
* [[Web Ping]]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes List of HTTP status codes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]
* [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3390547/capturing-ajax-requests html - capturing ajax requests - Stack Overflow] {{access | date = 2015-09-01}}

== References ==
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