Riposte

A server that allows clients to specify the response code that the server will return.

This could be useful for testing the logic of a client for rare or difficult to set up client-server interactions.

Instalation

Dowload binary

Currently only a linux binary is avalable.

1. Download the latest version from the releases page.
2. Give executable permision to the binary chmod u+x path/to/riposte

Or build from source

1. Instal cargo (the rust package manager)
2. cargo install riposte

The binary will be on .cargo/bin/riposte.

Usage

Start the server (the port number can be specified, default is 8080)

riposte -p 8000

Make a request to the server which includes the header riposte-request: <code status>

Only http1.1 is currently supported

The request method can be anything and the path can also be anything

The code status must be in the range 100-999

The server will respond with that status code and the response will have the header riposte-response: <the status code specified>

Examples

Example 1

Request:

GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: 127.0.0.1:8080
riposte-request: 418

Response:

HTTP/1.1 418 I'm a teapot
riposte-response: 418
content-length: 0

Example 2

Request:

POST /baz HTTP/1.1
Host: foo.bar
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 27
riposte-request: 502

field1=val1&field2=val2

Response:

HTTP/1.1 502 Bad Gateway
riposte-response: 502
content-lenght: 0