NAME

HTTP::WebTest::Plugin::SetRequest - Initializes test HTTP request

SYNOPSIS

Not Applicable

DESCRIPTION

This plugin initializes test HTTP request.

TEST PARAMETERS

url

URL to test. If schema part of URL is omitted (i.e. URL doesn't start with http://, ftp://, etc) then http:// is implied.

method

HTTP request method.

See RFC 2616 (HTTP/1.1 protocol).

Allowed values

GET, PUT

Default value

GET

http_headers

A list of HTTP header/value pairs. Can be used to override default HTTP headers or to add additional HTTP headers.

Example

    http_headers = ( Accept => text/plain, text/html )

params

A list of name/value pairs to be passed as parameters to the URL. (This element is used to test pages that process input from forms.) Unless the method key is set to POST, these pairs are URI-escaped and appended to the requested URL.

The names and values will be URI-escaped as defined by RFC 2396.

Example

    url = http://www.hotmail.com/cgi-bin/hmhome
    params = ( curmbox
               F001 A005
               from
               HotMail )

generates the HTTP request:

    http://www.hotmail.com/cgi-bin/hmhome?curmbox=F001%20A005&from=HotMail

auth

A list which contains two elements: userid/password pair to be used for web page access authorization.

proxies

A list of service name/proxy URL pairs that specify proxy servers to use for requests.

Example

    proxies = ( http => http://http_proxy.mycompany.com
                ftp  => http://ftp_proxy.mycompany.com )

pauth

A list which contains two elements: userid/password pair to be used for proxy server access authorization.

user_agent

Set the product token that is used to identify the user agent on the network.

Default value

HTTP-WebTest/NN

where NN is version number of HTTP-WebTest.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2000-2001 Richard Anderson. All rights reserved.

Copyright (c) 2001,2002 Ilya Martynov. All rights reserved.

This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the terms of the Perl Artistic License.

SEE ALSO

HTTP::WebTest

HTTP::WebTest::API

HTTP::WebTest::Plugin

HTTP::WebTest::Plugins

cpanm HTTP::WebTest

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install HTTP::WebTest