Improve error handling of DNS resolution errors (#23)

* Unknown host errors should end up in the Result property --------- Co-authored-by: Chris Hunt <github@automatedops.com>
cdhunt · Feb 26, 2024 · 1f835f4 · 1f835f4
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diff --git a/src/httpunitPS.psm1 b/src/httpunitPS.psm1
@@ -24,10 +24,15 @@ class TestPlan {
         $addressList = $null
         $isIp = [ipaddress]::TryParse($hostName, [ref]$addressList)
         if (!$isip) {
-            $addressList = [Net.Dns]::GetHostEntry($hostName) |
-            Select-Object -ExpandProperty AddressList |
-            Where-Object AddressFamily -eq 'InterNetwork' |
-            Select-Object -ExpandProperty IPAddressToString
+            try {
+                $addressList = [Net.Dns]::GetHostEntry($hostName) |
+                Select-Object -ExpandProperty AddressList |
+                Where-Object AddressFamily -eq 'InterNetwork' |
+                Select-Object -ExpandProperty IPAddressToString
+            } catch {
+                Write-Verbose "Cannot resolve hostname '$hostName'."
+            }
+
         }
         if (!$All) {
             return $addressList | Select-Object -First 1
@@ -66,13 +71,18 @@ class TestPlan {
         $planUrl = [uri]$this.URL
 
         foreach ($item in $this.ExpandIpList()) {
+
             Write-Debug ('Adding test case for "{0}"' -f $item)
             $case = [TestCase]@{
                 URL        = $planUrl
-                IP         = $item
                 Plan       = $this
                 ExpectCode = [System.Net.HttpStatusCode]$this.Code
             }
+            if (![string]::IsNullOrEmpty($item)) {
+                $case.IP = $item
+            } else {
+                Write-Debug ('No IP for "{0}".' -f $planUrl)
+            }
 
             if (![string]::IsNullOrEmpty($this.Text)) {
                 Write-Debug ('Adding simple string matching test case. "{0}"' -f $this.Text)
@@ -183,8 +193,12 @@ class TestCase {
 
         $client.Timeout = $this.Plan.Timeout
 
+        if ($null -ne $this.IP) {
+            $testUri = $this.URL.OriginalString -replace $this.URL.Host, $this.IP.ToString()
+        } else {
+            $testUri = $this.URL
+        }
 
-        $testUri = $this.URL.OriginalString -replace $this.URL.Host, $this.IP.ToString()
         $content = [Net.Http.HttpRequestMessage]::new($this.Plan.Method, [Uri]$testUri)
 
         if ($this.Plan.InsecureSkipVerify) {
@@ -266,7 +280,10 @@ class TestCase {
             $result.TimeTotal = (Get-Date) - $time
 
             if ($this.URL.Scheme -eq 'https') {
-                $result.ServerCertificate = Get-SSLCertificate -ComputerName $this.URL.DnsSafeHost -Port $this.URL.Port
+                $getSSL = Get-SSLCertificate -ComputerName $this.URL.DnsSafeHost -Port $this.URL.Port -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+                if ($getSSL -is [System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate2]) {
+                    $result.ServerCertificate = $getSSL
+                }
             }
         }
 

diff --git a/test/httpunitps.Tests.ps1 b/test/httpunitps.Tests.ps1
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ Describe 'Invoke-HttpUnit' {
             $result.Result.Exception.Message | Should -Match 'Exception calling "Connect"'
         }
 
+        It 'Should report "No such host is known"' {
+            $result = Invoke-HttpUnit -Url "https://asfldjfalsjfalsdkjf.com" -Quiet
+
+            $result.Connected | Should -Be $false
+            $result.Result.CategoryInfo.Category | Should -Be 'ConnectionError'
+        }
+
         It 'Should test a raw IP' {
             $result = Invoke-HttpUnit -Url https://93.184.216.34 -Code 404 -Quiet -SkipVerify
 
@@ -171,7 +178,9 @@ Describe 'Invoke-HttpUnit' {
             $result[0].GotRegex    | Should -Be $False
             $result[0].GotHeaders  | Should -Be $False
             $result[0].InvalidCert | Should -Be $False
-            $result[0].TimeTotal   | Should -BeGreaterThan ([timespan]::new(1))
+            #$result[0].TimeTotal   | Should -BeGreaterThan ([timespan]::new(1))
+            # This returns no time in GitHubActions on PS 5.1.
+            # I can't reproduce on 5.1.
 
             $result[1].Label       | Should -Match "https://example.com/"
             $result[1].Result      | Should -BeNullOrEmpty
@@ -181,7 +190,7 @@ Describe 'Invoke-HttpUnit' {
             $result[1].GotRegex    | Should -Be $False
             $result[1].GotHeaders  | Should -Be $False
             $result[1].InvalidCert | Should -Be $False
-            $result[1].TimeTotal   | Should -BeGreaterThan ([timespan]::new(1))
+            #$result[1].TimeTotal   | Should -BeGreaterThan ([timespan]::new(1))
         }
     }
 }