squidclient(1)						      General Commands Manual						    squidclient(1)

NAME

       squidclient -- a simple HTTP web client

SYNOPSIS

       squidclient [-arsv][-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 proxy-user] [-U www-user] [-V version] [-w proxy-password] [-W www-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 '
' 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

       -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

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

       -P file
	      PUT request. Using the named file.

       -r     Force cache to reload URL.

       -s     Silent.  Do not print data to stdout.

       -t count
	      Trace count cache-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.

       -w password
	      Proxy authentication password

       -W password
	      WWW authentication password

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

SEE ALSO

       cachemgr.cgi(8), squid(8)

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.

							       Squid Web Client Tool						    squidclient(1)