Free webtest software for linux

HTTP::WebTest is a Perl module for testing static and dynamic web content.

SYNOPSIS

use HTTP::WebTest;

my $webtest = new HTTP::WebTest;

# run test from file
$webtest->run_wtscript(script.wt);

# or (to pass test parameters as method arguments)
$webtest->run_tests($tests);

Introduction

This module runs tests on remote URLs containing Perl/JSP/HTML/JavaScript/etc. and generates a detailed test report. This module can be used "as-is" or its functionality can be extended using plugins. Plugins can define test types and provide additional report capabilities. This module comes with a set of default plugins but can be easily extended with third party plugins.

The wt script is provided for running HTTP::WebTest from the command line.
The test specifications can be read from a parameter file in wtscript format or input as method arguments. The test results can be displayed on the terminal, directed to a file, stored in a scalar variable. The test results can also be emailed. The report can be modified and extended using report plugins.

Each URL/web file is tested by fetching it from the web server using a local instance of an HTTP user agent. The basic test is simply whether or not the fetch was successful. You may also test using literal strings or regular expressions that are either required to exist or forbidden to exist in the fetched page. You may also specify tests for the minimum and maximum number of bytes in the returned page. You may also specify tests for the minimum and maximum web server response time.

Data flow for HTTP::WebTest:

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| | | |
| Input |------------->| WebTest |
| parameters | | |
| | -------------
-------------- | ^
| |
V |
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| | request | |
| Remote || user |
| | response | agent |
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