squidclient(1)						      General Commands Manual						    squidclient(1)

NAME

       squidclient - A simple HTTP web client tool

SYNOPSIS

       squidclient [ -aknNrsv ] [ -A string ] [ -g count ] [ -h remote host ] [ -H ' string ' ] [ -i IMS ] [ -I ping interval ] [ -j ' Host header
       ' ] [ -l local host ] [ -m method ] [ -p port ] [ -P file ] [ -t count ] [ -T timeout ] [ -u user ] [ -U user ] [ -V version ] [  -w  pass-
       word ] [ -W password ] url

DESCRIPTION

       squidclient is a tool providing a command line interface for retrieving URLs.  Designed for testing any HTTP 0.9, 1.0, or 1.1 web server or
       proxy.  This tool can be combined with scripts to perform any basic HTTP operation.  Some additional features for access to the squid proxy
       object cache and management information are provided.

OPTIONS

       -a	   Do NOT include Accept: header.

       -A 'string' Send string as User-Agent: header. To omit the header completely set string to empty ('').

       -g count    Ping mode, perform count iterations (0 to loop until interrupted).

       -h host	   Retrieve URL from cache on hostname.  Default is localhost

       -H 'string' Extra headers to send. Use '0 for new lines.

       -i time	   If-Modified-Since time (in Epoch seconds).

       -I interval Ping interval in seconds (default 1 second).

       -j hosthdr  Host header content

       -k	   Keep the connection active. Default is to do only one request then close.

       -l host	   Specify a local IP address to bind to.  Default is none.

       -m method   Request  method, default is GET.  Squid also supports a non-standard method called PURGE.  You can use that to purge a specific
		   URL from the cache.	You need to have purge access setup in squid.conf similar to manager
		    access. Here is an example:
		   acl purge method PURGE
		   http_access deny purge !localhost

       -n	   Proxy Negotiate(Kerberos) authentication.
		   Use kinit username@DOMAIN first to get initial TGS.

       -N	   WWW Negotiate(Kerberos) authentication.
		   Use kinit username@DOMAIN first to get initial TGS.

       -p port	   Port number of cache.  Default is 3128.

       -P file	   Request body. Using the named file as data.

       -r	   Force cache to reload URL.

       -s	   Silent.  Do not print data to stdout.

       -t count    Trace
		   count
		   HTTP relay or proxy hops

       -T timeout  Timeout value (seconds) for read/write operations.

       -u user	   Proxy authentication username

       -U user	   WWW authentication username

       -v	   Verbose. Print outgoing message to stderr.

       -V version  HTTP Version. Use '-' for HTTP/0.9 omitted case

       -w password Proxy authentication password

       -W password WWW authentication password

AUTHOR

       Derived from Harvest. Further developed by by numerous individuals from the internet community. Development is led by Duane Wessels of  the
       National Laboratory for Applied Network Research and funded by the National Science Foundation.

COPYRIGHT

       Distributed under the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) version 2 or later (GPLv2+).

QUESTIONS

       Questions on the usage of this program can be sent to the Squid Users mailing list <squid-users@squid-cache.org>

REPORTING BUGS

       See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/BugReporting for details of what you need to include with your bug report.

       Report bugs or bug fixes using http://bugs.squid-cache.org/

       Report serious security bugs to Squid Bugs <squid-bugs@squid-cache.org>

       Report ideas for new improvements to the Squid Developers mailing list <squid-dev@squid-cache.org>

SEE ALSO

       squid(8), cachemgr.cgi(8)

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