MuRe (Multiple Requests)

Simple tool to allow multiple quick Web Requests given an config file that specifies the request.

Overview

mure.py is mainly developed as a testing tool for your REST services.

With mure.py you can make multiple web requests to a variety of web services simply. All you have to do is edit a config file and mure.py will read that config file and execute all those requests in order.

A good way to utilize the tool is to setup a cron job to repeatedly execute the requests over a period of time. If any breakdown were to occur, the cron job could send the developer an email.

Requirements

python 3

Installation

git pull https://github.com/shermpay/MuRe.git

Usage

Using it is as simple as

$ python3 mure.py CONFIG_FILE

$ python3 mure.py -h
usage: mure.py [-h] [-o OUTPUT] [-v] [-p [PRETTY]] [-q] config_file

positional arguments:
  config_file

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        output contents to OUTPUT
  -v, --verbose         More verbose output. Default: Off.
  -p [PRETTY], --pretty [PRETTY]
                        Pretty printing
  -q, --quiet           Quiet mode. Minimal output.

Try it out on examples/example.py!

Sample Output

$ python3 mure.py examples/example.py 
MuRe: Multiple Requesting tool 0.8-beta
Datetime: 14-07-20 15:28:31.

* Reading config: examples/example.py

[GET]   http://shermanpay.com:8080/uw_schedule/find_user?user_name=shermpay&

Response
========

{'student_name': 'shermpay', 'user_name': 'shermpay', 'id': 16, 'timestamp': '2014-04-03T22:38:29'}

--- End of Response ---

Requests Config

Configuration should follow the example in examples/example.py

The structure of the config should be familiar to python programmers, as it is just a python dictionary.

Parameters

Parameters should be specified as the example.

url: base url
port: integer port number
service_root: service group end point
service: specific service end point
params: a 2 dimensional list, with the first row as a table header representing the parameter names and subsequent rows representing the values mapped to those names
method: either 'GET' or 'POST'
times: an integer specifying the number of times to make the request