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davix-http – HTTP query tool based on libdavix

Synopsis

davix-http [options]… url

Description

davix-http is a tool using libdavix for HTTP query executions
It can be used to interact with a RESTful webservices.

See libdavix(3) for details.

Options

Request Options:

–data

Content of the request

–request, -X

Request method to use (ex : GET, PUT, PROPFIND, etc..)

Common Options:

–debug

Debug mode

–header, -H

Add a header field to the request (eg: -H "Depth: 1" )

–help, -h

Display this help message

–metalink OPT

Metalink support. (OPT=failover[default]|no)

–module, -P PLUGIN_NAME

Load a plugin or profile by name

–redirection OPT

Transparent redirection support. (OPT=yes[default]|no)

–proxy, -x URL

SOCKS5 proxy server URL. (ex: socks5://login:pass [at] socks.example.org)

–trace

Traces specific scope(s), options include:

file – Davix file interface

posix – Davix POSIX interface

xml – XML parser output

ssl – SSL and certs details

header – HTTP queries headers

body – HTTP bodies

chain – IO chains info

core – Config and misc info

grid – Misc info from 3rd parties

socket – Socket info

locks – WebDAV locking info

all – Traces everything

–version

Display version

Security Options:

–capath CA_path

Add an additional certificate authority directory

–cert, -E cred_path

Client Certificate in PEM format

–key priv_path

Private key in PEM format

–insecure, -k

Disable SSL credential checks

–userlogin

User login for login/password authentication

–userpass

User password for login/password authentication

–s3secretkey

AWS S3 authentication: secret key

–s3accesskey

AWS S3 authentication: access key

–s3region

AWS S3 authentication: region

–s3token

AWS S3 security token – used along with STS temporary credentials

–s3alternate

Specify this flag if you need to use a path-based S3 URL

–azurekey

Azure authentication key

Examples

Execute a GET Query in HTTP
  davix-http http://example.org/

Execute a HEAD Query in HTTP + TLS with User auth
  davix-http -X HEAD https://login:password@example.org

Execute a PUT Query with S3 over https and a basic content
  davix-http -X PUT s3s://bucket.example.org/mifile -d "Hello World"

Links

http://dmc.web.cern.ch/projects/davix/home

Authors

Adrien Devresse <adrien.devresse [at] cern.ch>, IT-SDC-ID, CERN

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