httpclient-simulator

A HTTP client simulator using libcurl and libnghttp2 with binding layer in C++. HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2.0 transfers can be attempted using this.

This is a very basic HTTP client simulator using libcurl and nghttp2 It uses opensource test framework - catch2 The libcurl binding layer is written in C++ Testcases are written in curl_client_test.cc.

Installation

Use build.sh to build the libraries first:- nghttp2 and libcurl followed by client simulator. The script pulls the library sources from github links which can be specified in the script

Usage

Run the simulator with the desired log level, 1 -ERROR, 2 - INFO, 3 - DEBUG. The server should be running with desired settings as per test cases. Use Ctrl+C to terminate the simulator.

Example

$ ./clientSimulator -l 2
2019-12-05 05:21:51 | INFO    | curl_client_test.cc | ____C_A_T_C_H____T_E_S_T____0:272 | ASync HTTP URL:http://127.0.0.1:9090/test Txn:1

2019-12-05 05:21:52 | INFO    | curl_client_test.cc | httpResponse:219 |  --> HTTP resp code:200

2019-12-05 05:21:52 | INFO    | curl_client_test.cc | ____C_A_T_C_H____T_E_S_T____0:289 | ASync HTTP URL:http://127.0.0.1:9090/test Txn:1 Got response:200

2019-12-05 05:21:52 | INFO    | curl_client_test.cc | ____C_A_T_C_H____T_E_S_T____2:306 | ASync HTTP URL:http://127.0.0.1:9999/test Txn:2

2019-12-05 05:21:52 | INFO    | curl_client_test.cc | ____C_A_T_C_H____T_E_S_T____4:334 | ASync HTTP URL:http://127.0.0.1:9090/test Txn:3

2019-12-05 05:21:57 | INFO    | curl_client_test.cc | httpResponse:219 |  --> HTTP resp code:460

2019-12-05 05:21:57 | INFO    | curl_client_test.cc | ____C_A_T_C_H____T_E_S_T____4:351 | ASync HTTP URL:http://127.0.0.1:9090/test Txn:3 Got response:460

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All tests passed (9 assertions in 3 test cases)