http_headers
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| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
| -I, –head | Fetch the HTTP-header only |
| -v, –verbose | Fetching is more talkative. Used for debugging |
| -s, –silent | Silent or Quiet (Mute). Don't show progress meter or error messages |
| -i, –include | Header plus content |
| -X , –request | Specify a customer request when communicating with HTTP web server |
Troubleshooting a website. You can replace http://website.com with http://localhost if you wish to test the domain on the local machine
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curl -Iv -X GET 12.34.56.78 -H 'Host: example.com' |
The following command is used to test a https domain. -k will skip the certificate check
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curl -Ik -X GET https://website.com |
Testing a vhost on the localhost
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curl -Iv -x GET localhost -H 'Host: vhost.com' |
Body String Match
-s flag hides the download speed etc
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curl -is https://tickets.daysoutwithkids.co.uk/longleat | grep Maintenance |
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<title>Days Out With Kids | Maintenance</title> <h3>Sorry, Site Under Maintenance</h3> |
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curl -i https://tickets.daysoutwithkids.co.uk/longleat | grep Maintenance |
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% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed100 9885 100 9885 0 0 280k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 9653k <title>Days Out With Kids | Maintenance</title> <h3>Sorry, Site Under Maintenance</h3> |
Testing to see if a website returns a certain string. Body match strings are often used in monitoring alerts
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lynx -dump http://lukeslinuxlessons.co.uk | grep 'string match' |
If the website has an ssl certificate you can also apply the 'k' option to bypass the certificate check. e.g:
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curl -ik https://website.com | grep body_match_string |
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