Re: advanced HTTP query (cookies)

[Martin Pala]

Hi,

i think you can use monit's SEND/EXPECT statements - example usage:

--8<--
 if failed host cave.persia.ir port 4040
    send "Open, Sesame!\r\n"
    expect "Please enter the cave\r\n"
    send "Shut, Sesame!\r\n"
    expect "See you later [A-Za-z ]+\r\n"
 then restart
--8<--

It should be possible to write the send/expect sequence as http requests 
with the cookie in the http header where needed ...

Martin


Ben Hartshorne wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am interested in monitoring a web site in a little bit more depth.
> By testing certain funcitonality through the front end, I can infer that
> a service suporting the front end is running successfully.  I'm also
> monitoring the back end directly, but I like to get it 'as the customer
> sees it.'  
>
> In order to complete this HTTP query, I must include cookies in my
> request.  The following wget line will successfully get as deep as I
> would like to go:
>
> wget --cookies=off --header "Cookie: 
> sh3=id%3D1970583178430e5e1b0a3b72.85050652%3Bcv%3D2%3Brv%3D3d3b01f6%3B; 
> sh2=db%3De8744%3Bcso%3D430e5fcd%3Bslu%3D430e5e1b%3Bref%3Dsh%3B" 
> http://www.simplyhired.com/index.php?ds=sr\&mj=1
>
> I must then parse the returned page for "Jobs 1 - 1" to verify success.
>
> I don't see any documentation on how to specify a more complex query
> using the 'url' option, which would be best.  
>
> I was suprised not to see an external program as a test for monit - i.e.
> run an external program (such as the wget line above, or a shell script
> that runs wget and then parses the output on its own), which then
> returns success or failure.  
>
> Do any of you have any suggestions on how to implement the test I need?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -ben
>
>
>
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