Orange-OpenSource/hurl
Hurl
Hurl is a command line HTTP testing tool and REST API test runner that uses a declarative, plain-text format to specify HTTP requests and responses. It functions as a client for continuous integration pipelines, allowing users to describe request sequences without a full programming language.
The tool distinguishes itself by sequencing HTTP calls and verifying responses through matchers and variable capture. It maintains a stateful variable store, enabling data extracted from one response to influence subsequent requests within a workflow.
The system covers API integration testing and REST workflow automation, featuring dynamic request body templating and multipart form data transmission. It includes security primitives for request authentication, SSL certificate verification, and the redaction of sensitive data from logs. Network traffic management is handled through proxy routing, redirect chain management, and automatic request retries.
Execution outcomes are processed through pluggable result exporters that generate standardized reports for integration into continuous delivery workflows.
Features
- Declarative Request Definitions - Uses a declarative plain-text format to specify HTTP requests and response sequences.
- Session Variable Stores - Maintains a stateful variable store to allow data from one response to influence subsequent calls.
- Command-Line HTTP Clients - Provides a command line tool for defining HTTP requests and validating responses using a plain text format.
- Declarative API Specifications - Offers a declarative way to describe HTTP request and response sequences without using a full programming language.
- Request Sequencing - Executes a sequence of HTTP calls in a specific order while managing shared state between requests.
- HTTP Response Processors - Extracts values from HTTP responses to be used as stateful variables in subsequent requests.
- API Workflow Automation - Executes sequences of HTTP requests where data from one response is used as a variable in the next.
- API Testing - Validates the correctness of API responses and status codes using a plain text format for automated checks.
- HTTP Response Assertions - Evaluates response attributes against predefined matchers to determine the success or failure of API calls.
- REST API Testing Tools - Provides an execution engine that sequences HTTP calls and verifies API responses using matchers and variable capture.
- End-to-End Testing - Verifies end-to-end interactions between services by simulating real-world HTTP request and response chains.
- Response Validation - Provides matchers and queries to verify that HTTP response status codes, headers, and bodies meet expected criteria.
- CI/CD Integrations - Functions as a test runner for HTTP APIs that integrates into CI pipelines via standardized execution reports.
- Request Retries - Implements automatic re-attempting of failed network requests when assertions or status codes trigger errors.
- CI/CD Pipeline Integrations - Generates standardized execution reports to ensure API stability within continuous integration and delivery pipelines.
- HTTP Request Orchestrators - Allows defining and running complex HTTP calls with dynamic bodies and authentication to prototype API behavior.
- Authenticated Request Clients - Ships a client capable of dispatching HTTP requests with authorization headers and identity tokens.
- Domain Specific Languages - Implements a custom plain-text DSL to convert request definitions into a sequential execution pipeline.
- CI Test Exporting - Provides standardized test result exports for integration into continuous integration pipelines.
- Test Report Exporters - Provides pluggable result exporters that generate standardized reports for integration into continuous delivery workflows.
- Dynamic Body Templating - Injects dynamic values like timestamps or unique identifiers into JSON, XML, or plain text request bodies.
- Variable Injection - Replaces placeholders in request bodies with dynamic values from the variable store before transmission.
- API Clients and Debuggers - CLI tool for running HTTP requests defined in plain text.
- API Testing and Validation - Command-line tool for testing REST, SOAP, and GraphQL endpoints.
- API Testing Tools - A tool for running HTTP requests defined in plain text.
- Security Utilities - Runs and tests HTTP requests.
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- API Clients - Tool for working with REST, SOAP, and GraphQL APIs.
