[hobbit] Real network service tests

Brian Daly brian.daly at criticalpath.net
Thu Oct 1 16:36:27 CEST 2009



Rob MacGregor wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 15:58, Brian Daly <brian.daly at criticalpath.net> wrote:
>   
>> The Man page for hobbit states that :
>>
>> When checking websites, it is possible to not only check that the webserver
>> is responding, but also that the response looks correct by matching the
>> response against a pre-defined pattern or a checksum
>>
>> Can anybody tell me how to configure this? I want to run a http test on a
>> webserver. If the webserver does not return the response I am expecting then
>> alert me that something has changed on the server.
>>     
>
> Under "HTTP tests" in the version of the man page I have it lists the
> "cont=" test for doing content checks.
>
>   
Thanks for your reply Rob,

Does anybody have an example of a HTTP test using the cont= test?

Brian



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