Re: [Http-webtest-general] Checking links in the document

[Carlos R. <cra...@gt...>]

::LinksTest module update:
* Added match_links = (regex1 regex2)
* Added ignore_links = (regex1 regex2)
* Changed LWP requests to GET instead of HEAD requests.
* Only checks unique links now.  I noticed that it was checking 
duplicate links if they existed in the document.

If match_links and ignore_links are used on the same test, match_links 
are first applied, then ignore_links are applied.

The results now reports the total count of UNIQUE links in the document, 
count of tested links, and the failure count. Sample output:

8 links found, 3 tested. Failed: 0.

Ilya already added this module to CVS, so it will be included in the 
next release.  If you want to test it, here is the source:

Source: 
http://www.quantumfx.com/software/modules/HTTP-WebTest-Plugin-LinksTest.pm
Docs: 
http://www.quantumfx.com/software/modules/HTTP-WebTest-Plugin-LinksTest.html

-Carlos


William McKee wrote:

>On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 10:22:54PM -0800, Carlos Ramirez wrote:
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>>Let me know if the output is any helpful. Thanks.
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>Carlos,
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>Sorry for the belated response. The new function debug_links works
>wonderfully. My https links are working fine. The failure was due to the
>fact that I ran the test on a project that is in production and it
>caught a typo.
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>I also get an error on a redirect page. GET works fine but HEAD returns
>403 Forbidden. I'm using Apache::AuthCookieDBI to handle my login and
>don't fully understand how it works in regards to redirects. I suspect
>that it's a problem on my end. It would be nice to pass in a regex of
>links to search/ignore. For example,
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>    match_links = ^https://
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>would only test links on a secure server whereas
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>    ignore_links = ^https://
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>would ignore all those links. Thanks for your contribution. When are you
>going to load it onto CPAN?
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>Regards,
>William
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