[hobbit] http test bug?

[Vernon Everett]

Makes sense.

Is there any way (besides a custom script) to check content of a web
page?
http://www.mywebpage.com/users/special.html must contain the string
"XXXXX" or must return output matching file /dir/samples/sample_match.

In the particular case below, although the web server was up, the web
application was classified as down. (An error caused it to prompt for
username and password)

Cheers
  Vernon

P.S. The offer of those cold ones still stands. :-)
Hobbit is an amazing tool.
You have no idea how much kudos I have received for it. We can predict
issues, pre-empt problems, and monitor almost anything automatically.
I wonder how I ever managed without it.



-----Original Message-----
From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik at hswn.dk] 
Sent: Monday, 9 May 2005 1:40 PM
To: hobbit at hswn.dk
Subject: Re: [hobbit] http test bug?

On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 11:59:00AM +0800, Vernon Everett wrote:

[http response 401 (Unauthorized) gives a green http status]

This is deliberate. The purpose of the test is to determine if the web
server is working, and sending back a 401 status (which in a browser 
would trigger a pop-up to enter a username+password) is sufficient
indication that the server is indeed working.


Henrik


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