dummyhttp
A super simple HTTP server that replies with a fixed body and a fixed response code
This is a simple, small, self-contained, cross-platform CLI tool for debugging and testing. It allows you to return arbitrary HTTP responses and log incoming request data. HTTP/2 support included.
How to use
Log all incoming request data
Running dummyhttp -vv results in this neat output:
Running with no arguments always returns 200 on all interfaces at port 8080
dummyhttp
curl -v localhost:8080
# < HTTP/1.1 200 OK
# < content-length: 10
# < date: Sat, 09 Jun 2018 13:56:14 GMT
# <
# dummyhttp
Always emit 400 Bad Request
dummyhttp -c 400
curl -v localhost:8080
# < HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
# < content-length: 10
# < date: Sat, 09 Jun 2018 13:57:53 GMT
# <
# dummyhttp
Always return a certain string
dummyhttp -b "Hello World"
curl -v localhost:8080
# < HTTP/1.1 200 OK
# < content-length: 12
# < date: Sat, 09 Jun 2018 13:58:57 GMT
# <
# Hello World
Return a specific header
dummyhttp -b '{"Hello": "World"}' -H "content-type:application/json"
curl -v localhost:8080
# < HTTP/1.1 200 OK
# < content-type: application/json
# < date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 00:55:35 +0200
# < content-length: 18
# <
# {"Hello": "World"}
How to install
Static builds: These offered for Linux, OSX, and Windows in various architectures over at the the releases page. Grab a binary corresponding to your architecture.
On Linux and OSX, you need to run chmod +x on the binary to be able to run it. For example:
chmod +x dummyhttp-1.0.2-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
Afterwards, you can run it:
./dummyhttp-1.0.2-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
With Cargo: If you have a somewhat recent version of Rust and Cargo installed, you can run
cargo install dummyhttp
dummyhttp
Full options
Super simple HTTP server that replies with a fixed body and a fixed response code
Usage: dummyhttp [OPTIONS]
Options:
-q, --quiet
Be quiet (log nothing)
-v, --verbose...
Be verbose (log data of incoming and outgoing requests). If given twice it will also log the body data
-p, --port <PORT>
Port on which to listen
[default: 8080]
-H, --headers <HEADERS>
Headers to send (format: key:value)
-c, --code <CODE>
HTTP status code to send
[default: 200]
-b, --body <BODY>
HTTP body to send
Supports Tera-based templating (https://tera.netlify.app/docs/) with a few additional
functions over the default built-ins:
uuid() - generate a random UUID
lorem(words) - generate `words` lorem ipsum words
Example: dummyhttp -b "Hello {{ uuid() }}, it's {{ now() | date(format="%Y") }} {{ lorem(words=5)}}"
[default: dummyhttp]
-i, --interface <INTERFACE>
Interface to bind to
[default: 0.0.0.0]
--print-completions <shell>
Generate completion file for a shell
[possible values: bash, elvish, fish, powershell, zsh]
--print-manpage
Generate man page
--tls-cert <TLS_CERT>
TLS certificate to use
--tls-key <TLS_KEY>
TLS private key to use
-h, --help
Print help (see a summary with '-h')
-V, --version
Print version
Releasing
This is mostly a note for me on how to release this thing:
- Make sure
CHANGELOG.mdis up to date. cargo release <version>cargo release --execute <version>- Releases will automatically be deployed by GitHub Actions.
- Update Arch package.
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