[hobbit] Real network service tests

Brian Daly brian.daly at criticalpath.net
Thu Oct 1 17:09:30 CEST 2009



Brian Daly wrote:
>
>
> 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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Apologies, I should've stated that I need to see an example of the 
expected_data_regexp configuration.

Brian



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