curl/tests/data/test451
Daniel Stenberg 2e160c9c65
tool: add "variable" support
Add support for command line variables. Set variables with --variable
name=content or --variable name@file (where "file" can be stdin if set
to a single dash (-)).

Variable content is expanded in option parameters using "{{name}}"
(without the quotes) if the option name is prefixed with
"--expand-". This gets the contents of the variable "name" inserted, or
a blank if the name does not exist as a variable. Insert "{{" verbatim
in the string by prefixing it with a backslash, like "\\{{".

Import an environment variable with --variable %name. It makes curl exit
with an error if the environment variable is not set. It can also rather
get a default value if the variable does not exist, using =content or
@file like shown above.

Example: get the USER environment variable into the URL:

 --variable %USER
 --expand-url = "https://example.com/api/{{USER}}/method"

When expanding variables, curl supports a set of functions that can make
the variable contents more convenient to use. It can trim leading and
trailing white space with "trim", output the contents as a JSON quoted
string with "json", URL encode it with "url" and base 64 encode it with
"b64". To apply functions to a variable expansion, add them colon
separated to the right side of the variable. They are then performed in
a left to right order.

Example: get the contents of a file called $HOME/.secret into a variable
called "fix". Make sure that the content is trimmed and percent-encoded
sent as POST data:

  --variable %HOME=/home/default
  --expand-variable fix@{{HOME}}/.secret
  --expand-data "{{fix:trim:url}}"
  https://example.com/

Documented. Many new test cases.

Co-brainstormed-by: Emanuele Torre
Assisted-by: Jat Satiro
Closes #11346
2023-07-31 11:51:34 +02:00

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<testcase>
<info>
<keywords>
HTTP
variables
</keywords>
</info>
#
# Server-side
<reply>
<data crlf="yes">
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 14:49:00 GMT
Server: test-server/fake
Last-Modified: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 12:10:00 GMT
ETag: "21025-dc7-39462498"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 6
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
Funny-head: yesyes
-foo-
</data>
</reply>
#
# Client-side
<client>
<server>
http
</server>
<name>
Variable from file that is JSON and URL encoded (with null byte)
</name>
<file name="%LOGDIR/junk">
%hex[%01%02%03%00%04%05%06]hex%
</file>
<command>
http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/%TESTNUMBER --variable what@%LOGDIR/junk --variable second=hello --variable second=again --expand-data "--{{what:trim:json}}22{{none}}--{{second}}{{what:trim:url}}"
</command>
</client>
#
# Verify data after the test has been "shot"
<verify>
<protocol crlf="yes" nonewline="yes">
POST /%TESTNUMBER HTTP/1.1
Host: %HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT
User-Agent: curl/%VERSION
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 74
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
--\u0001\u0002\u0003\u0000\u0004\u0005\u000622--again%01%02%03%00%04%05%06
</protocol>
</verify>
</testcase>