COMP 445 - Lab 1

Goal of the lab is to create an HTTP library using sockets. For this purpose, I have used the 'net' package from Node. Furthermore, we are required to create a CURL-like command-line application.

The code is in TypeScript, which is a superset of JavaScript. It runs on Node.js. Instructions on compiling are below, but a working build is currently in the build folder.

Running the Application

1. Clone the repo.
2. Run npm install.
3. Run tsc to compile.
4. Run npm link.
5. Run httpc help.

Usage

GET DATA

httpc get "http://httpbin.org/get?assignment=1&tutor=john"

GET VERBOSE

httpc get "http://httpbin.org/get?assignment=1&tutor=john" -v

POST WITH DATA

httpc post http://httpbin.org/post -h Content-Type:application/json -d "{\"Assignment\": 1}"

POST WITH FILE

httpc post http://httpbin.org/post -h Content-Type:application/json -f test.txt

POST WITH FILE VERBOSE

httpc post http://httpbin.org/post -h Content-Type:application/json -f test.txt -v

POST WITH OUTPUT FILE

httpc post http://httpbin.org/post -h Content-Type:application/json -f test.txt -v -o output.txt

GET WITH REDIRECT

httpc get "http://httpbin.org/redirect-to?url=http://httpbin.org/get?argument=1&status_code=302" -r -v