squidclient(1)							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 password ] [
       -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 com‐
		   pletely set string to empty ('').

       -g count	   Ping mode, perform count iterations (0 to loop until inter‐
		   rupted).

       -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)

								squidclient(1)

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