inspec/docs/resources/http.md.erb
Jerry Aldrich 9ebd807ea4 http resource: Make remote worker the default (#2520)
* http resource: Make remote worker the default

Signed-off-by: Jerry Aldrich <jerryaldrichiii@gmail.com>
2018-02-13 12:42:16 -05:00

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---
title: About the http Resource
---
# http
Use the `http` InSpec audit resource to test an http endpoint.
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## Syntax
An `http` resource block declares the configuration settings to be tested:
describe http('url', auth: {user: 'user', pass: 'test'}, params: {params}, method: 'method', headers: {headers}, data: data, open_timeout: 60, read_timeout: 60, ssl_verify: true) do
its('status') { should eq number }
its('body') { should eq 'body' }
its('headers.name') { should eq 'header' }
end
where
* `('url')` is the url to test
* `auth: { user: 'user', pass: 'test' }` may be specified for basic auth request
* `{params}` may be specified for http request parameters
* `'method'` may be specified for http request method (default to 'GET')
* `{headers}` may be specified for http request headers
* `data` may be specified for http request body
* `open_timeout` may be specified for a timeout for opening connections (default to 60)
* `read_timeout` may be specified for a timeout for reading connections (default to 60)
* `ssl_verify` may be specified to enable or disable verification of SSL certificates (default to `true`)
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## Examples
The following examples show how to use this InSpec audit resource.
### Simple http test
For example, a service is listening on default http port can be tested like this:
describe http('http://localhost') do
its('status') { should cmp 200 }
end
### Complex http test
describe http('http://localhost:8080/ping',
auth: {user: 'user', pass: 'test'},
params: {format: 'html'},
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Content-Type' => 'application/json'},
data: '{"data":{"a":"1","b":"five"}}') do
its('status') { should cmp 200 }
its('body') { should cmp 'pong' }
its('headers.Content-Type') { should cmp 'text/html' }
end
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### body
The `body` matcher tests body content of http response:
its('body') { should eq 'hello\n' }
### headers
The `headers` matcher returns an hash of all http headers:
its('headers') { should eq {} }
Individual headers can be tested via:
its('headers.Content-Type') { should cmp 'text/html' }
### status
The `status` matcher tests status of the http response:
its('status') { should eq 200 }