HTTP request and response data tool

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HTTP request and response data tool

Testing the API or pressure test.

HTTP headers generator

• Apache Jmeter v. 2.7
  • 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 jmeter-plugins (2) Add Sampler: jp@gc - HTTP Raw Request (3) Add Listener: View results tree (4) Run the test plan

• Fiddler free web debugging proxy for Win

• 網站除錯小技巧－用TELNET模擬HTTP請求 - 黑暗執行緒

telnet localhost 80
"header content" Enter
Enter

• Postman (documentation) & Postman Interceptor for Chrome

Display HTTP headers of a web page

• Chrome : Press 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: Chrome DevTools — Google Developers
• Firebug for Firefox : Menu -> Net
• LiveHTTPHeaders for Firefox
• Masquerading Your Browser: also offer the tool HTTP Header Viewer [Last visited: 2012-05-16]
• curl e.g. Input the command curl -L -I <URL>[Last visited: 2018-09-20]

$ curl -L -I https://www.google.com

# Options quoted from https://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html
# -L, --location If the server reports that the requested page has moved to a different location (indicated with a Location: header and a 3XX response code)
# -I, --head Fetch the headers only!

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

other tools

• Packet sniffer: Wireshark, URL Snooper
• Poster[1] for Firefox
• HttpWatch 9.0: HTTP Sniffer for IE , Firefox and iPhone
  • Steps to view the POST data: (1)start recording HTTP requests (2)click URL (3)switch the label to POST Data

Web page compression check

online gzip test

• GIDZipTest: Web Page Compression (Deflate / Gzip) Test - GIDNetwork: A simple online web page compression / deflate / gzip test tool
• Port80 Software » Products » File Compression for IIS Servers

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