hi, I'm here to debug your HTTP

Description

hi is a simple HTTP server that will accept any request you throw at it and reply with 'hi'. Since all requests are dumped to the console, it's probably most useful for debugging.

Get started by installing the gem:

$ gem install hi

Then start up the server:

$ hi
>> Thin web server (v1.5.1 codename Straight Razor)
>> Maximum connections set to 1024
>> Listening on 0.0.0.0:3000, CTRL+C to stop

The default port is 3000. You can start on another port if you like:

$ hi 1234
>> Thin web server (v1.5.1 codename Straight Razor)
>> Maximum connections set to 1024
>> Listening on 0.0.0.0:1234, CTRL+C to stop

Now start debugging those requests:

$ curl localhost:3000/foo/bar\?message=hello

"GET http://localhost:3000/foo/bar?message=hello (2013-12-27 14:18:16 -0800)"
{
              :host => "localhost",
                :ip => "127.0.0.1",
              :port => 3000,
    :request_method => "GET",
            :scheme => "http",
               :url => "http://localhost:3000/foo/bar?message=hello",
      :query_string => "message=hello",
              :body => "",
    :content_length => nil,
        :media_type => nil,
           :referer => nil,
        :user_agent => "curl/7.30.0",
               :xhr => false,
           :headers => {
           "HTTP_VERSION" => "HTTP/1.1",
        "HTTP_USER_AGENT" => "curl/7.30.0",
              "HTTP_HOST" => "localhost:3000",
            "HTTP_ACCEPT" => "*/*"
    }
}

hi accepts anything. Try a POST instead:

$ curl -d 'message=hello' localhost:3000

"POST http://localhost:3000/ (2013-12-27 14:18:59 -0800)"
{
              :host => "localhost",
                :ip => "127.0.0.1",
              :port => 3000,
    :request_method => "POST",
            :scheme => "http",
               :url => "http://localhost:3000/",
      :query_string => "",
              :body => "message=hello",
    :content_length => "13",
        :media_type => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
           :referer => nil,
        :user_agent => "curl/7.30.0",
               :xhr => false,
           :headers => {
           "HTTP_VERSION" => "HTTP/1.1",
        "HTTP_USER_AGENT" => "curl/7.30.0",
              "HTTP_HOST" => "localhost:3000",
            "HTTP_ACCEPT" => "*/*"
    }
}

Or an xhr request:

$ curl -H 'X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest' -d "message=hello" localhost:3000

"POST http://localhost:3000/ (2013-12-27 14:19:24 -0800)"
{
              :host => "localhost",
                :ip => "127.0.0.1",
              :port => 3000,
    :request_method => "POST",
            :scheme => "http",
               :url => "http://localhost:3000/",
      :query_string => "",
              :body => "message=hello",
    :content_length => "13",
        :media_type => "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
           :referer => nil,
        :user_agent => "curl/7.30.0",
               :xhr => true,
           :headers => {
                 "HTTP_VERSION" => "HTTP/1.1",
              "HTTP_USER_AGENT" => "curl/7.30.0",
                    "HTTP_HOST" => "localhost:3000",
                  "HTTP_ACCEPT" => "*/*",
        "HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH" => "XMLHttpRequest"
    }
}

Installation

$ gem install hi

Contributing

Please see the Contributing Document

Changelog

Please see the Changelog Document

License

Copyright (C) 2013 Chris Hunt, MIT License