Awbot Introduction
Awbot is an easy-to-use tool for testing web sites. Site on http://awbot.sourceforge.net. This is a secondary project of the AWStats project.
The awbot function can simulate the user's Website access behavior, test the site response and load pressure, and perform a benchmark test. Specifically, awbot has the following features:
- Ease of use.
- Supports basic HTTP verification requests.
- Different pre-submission tasks (external scripts, SQL commands, etc.) can be created before and after the test ).
- You can check the HTTP request results of each HTML page to verify whether the content contains the keyword of the feature or the value to be parsed.
- You can dynamically define the URL and parameters used for testing.
- You can run multiple sessions to test the load pressure.
- Reports errors, response times, and average response times for each page
- Open source code (GNU General Public License)
- Awbot has an XML pad (portable application description ).
- Other features
Installation requirements Awbot requires the system to meet the following requirements:
- The system must be supported by Perl and can run Perl scripts. Otherwise, download Perl: ActivePerl (win32) or perl.com (Unix/Linux/other ).
- You must add the Perl module time: hires to get the time to milliseconds.
- To run the SQL command before submission, add the DBI/DBD database Perl module.
Installation Reference The following is an installation log:
############ Installing time: hires ####################
# Download time: hires module note: the file name and connection may change
Wget http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Time/Time-HiRes-1.65.tar.gz
Tar-zxvf Time-HiRes-1.65.tar.gz
CD time-hires-1.65
Perl makefile. pl
Make
# If an error message is displayed, it indicates that your environment variables are different. You need to perform the following operations:
Export lc_all = C
Perl makefile. pl
Make
Make install
# Installation time: hires complete
############# Installing awbot ###################### wget http://awbot.sourceforge.net/files/awbot.tgz
# Decompress
Tar-zxvf awbot. tgz
CD awbot-1.0/
# Copy the configuration file template:
CP awbot. Test. conf awbot. dbanotes. conf
VI awbot. dbanotes. conf
# Perform basic configuration:
Outputdir = "./output" # output file location (must exist and writable)
Server = "www.dbanotes.net" # domain name of the site to be tested
# User = "test" # If the web application requires authentication, add the username here and remove the comment.
# Password = "test" # If the web application requires authentication, add the user password here and remove the comment
Rd that awbot will use
Botname = "awbot" # string value to force bot name used in the user agent string
Delay = 0 # delay beetween each HTTP Request (-1 wait a key, 0 no delay,
N number of seconds)
Maxsize = 0 # maximum size of HTTP Response (0 = No limit)
Timeout = 120 # timeout (when waiting for a server response after sending a request)
Lang = "en" # language of the output content |
The awbot script also has many Parameter options. Let's take a look at the parameters:
# Perl awbot. pl
----- Awbot 1.0 (build 1.3 )-----
Advanced web bot is a tool to test a web server.
Usage: awbot. pl-Config = testconfigfile [Options]Where options are:
-Server = xxx overwrite server value of testconfig file.
-User = xxx overwrite user value of testconfig file.
-Password = xxx overwrite password value of testconfig file.
-Delay = n overwrite delay value of testconfig file.
-Timeout = n overwrite timeout value of testconfig file.
-Loadimages load image files.
-Nostopiferror awbot continues with next test when an error occurs.
-Prepareonly only execute pre-actions.
-Executeonly do not execute any pre-actions nor post-actions.
-ID output file name contains process ID number.
-Verbose output file is also reported on STD output (screen ).
-Silent nothing on STD output (screen ).
-DEBUG = x to add debug informations lesser than level X Now supports/detects:
Several predefined post-test or pre-test actions (scripts, SQL request ...)
Web sites with basic HTTP/Proxy Authentication
Easy to configure (one config file)
Configuration and test plan can be defined dynamically (using variables
Catched from a previous test)
Possible use of several simultanous sessions (with awbotlaunch. pl) |
The parameters are explained in detail. In other words, awbot is a simple and easy-to-use tool. Basic usage
| # Perl awbot. pl-Config = awbot. dbanotes. conf-verbose Test awbot 1.0 (build 1.3)
---------------------------
Config File: awbot. dbanotes. conf
Server: www.dbanotes.net-user:-delay: 0
Botname: awbot-Timeout: 120-maxsize: 0
Date: 2004-10-13 13:13:15
Process ID: 21139 Pre actions
--------------------------- Actions
---------------------------
2004/10/13-13: 13: 15: 534 URL 1-http://www.dbanotes.net/
---> OK-2771.027 MS Post actions
--------------------------- Summary
---------------------------
Total requests to do: 1
Total requests sent: 1 (1 answered)
Total requests Duration: 2771.027 MS
Average requests response time: 2771 MS/Request
Total check YES: 0/0 No: 0/0
Faster Request Response Time: URL 1-2771 MS
Slower Request Response Time: URL 1-2771 MS
URL 1-Duration: 2771 MS-cumul: 2771 MS-Check YES: 0/0 No: 0/0 |
References Awbot http://awbot.sourceforge.net
Awbot official documentation http://awbot.sourceforge.net/docs/
If SourceForge is not accessible, visit the online document http://www.dbanotes.net/awbot/awbot.sourceforge.net/docs/index.html on this site Author FenngDBAs of an American company, who spent their spare time on database-related technical forums, are still happy. Currently, we focus on how to use Oracle databases to effectively build enterprise applications. I have a research on Oracle tuning and troubleshooting.
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