http-reqtrace

Description

The application starts a Web server which logs details of all incoming HTTP requests such as:

HTTP Method & URL
Query params
Headers
Body

The application accepts all HTTP methods and URIs. The routing is defined like this:

/status/:statusCode : return an HTTP response with status code statusCode and body {"message":"OK|KO"}
/**/* : return an HTTP response with status code 200 OK and body {"message":"OK"}
/metrics : return Prometheus metrics regarding HTTP requests

Following query parameters are also supported:

?latencyInMs=60000 : wait for the given period in milliseconds before responding. This time cannot exceed 5 minuts.

This service can be used to :

See very quickly what are the requests received and inspect their content.
Have a quick way to simulate specific cases with particular HTTP response codes.

How to use

Starts the service

Run container:

$ docker run -ti --name http-reqtrace -p 80:8080 -e PORT=8080 -u 65534:65534 julb/http-reqtrace:latest

Note: the PORT environment variable can be set to customize listening port.

Request the service with any method, URI and parameters

$ curl http://localhost/context/uri?param1=value1&param2=value2 -H "Authorization: Bearer jwt"
{"statusCode": 200,"message":"OK"}

INFO in app: > [GET] HTTP/1.1 http://localhost/context/uri?param1=value1&param2=value2
INFO in app: >>     Header : Host : localhost
INFO in app: >>     Header : User-Agent : curl/7.54.0
INFO in app: >>     Header : Accept : */*
INFO in app: >>     Header : Authorization : Bearer jwt
INFO in app: >>     Query  : param1 : value1
INFO in app: >>     Query  : param2 : value2
INFO in app: >>     Body   : b''
INFO in app: < [ HTTP 200 ]

Getting specific HTTP responses status codes

$ curl http://localhost/status/404 -H "Authorization: Bearer jwt"
{"statusCode":404,"message":"KO"}

$ curl http://localhost/status/500 -H "Authorization: Bearer jwt"
{"statusCode":500,"message":"KO"}

INFO in app: > [GET] HTTP/1.1 http://localhost/status/404
INFO in app: >>     Header : Host : localhost
INFO in app: >>     Header : User-Agent : curl/7.54.0
INFO in app: >>     Header : Accept : */*
INFO in app: >>     Header : Authorization : Bearer jwt
INFO in app: >>     Body   : b''
INFO in app: < [ HTTP 404 ]
INFO in app: > [GET] HTTP/1.1 http://localhost/status/500
INFO in app: >>     Header : Host : localhost
INFO in app: >>     Header : User-Agent : curl/7.54.0
INFO in app: >>     Header : Accept : */*
INFO in app: >>     Header : Authorization : Bearer jwt
INFO in app: >>     Body   : b''
INFO in app: < [ HTTP 500 ]

Simulate latency

$ curl http://localhost/status/504?latencyInMs=60000
{"statusCode":504,"message":"KO"}

INFO in app: > [GET] HTTP/1.1 http://localhost/status/504?latencyInMs=60000
INFO in app: >>     Header : Host : localhost
INFO in app: >>     Header : User-Agent : curl/7.54.0
INFO in app: >>     Header : Accept : */*
INFO in app: >>     Query  : latencyInMs : 60000
INFO in app: >>     Body   : b''
INFO in app: << Waiting for timeout exhaust: 60000ms.
INFO in app: < [ HTTP 504 ]