squidclient(1)                                                                                                    squidclient(1)



NAME
       squidclient -- a simple HTTP web client

SYNOPSIS
       squidclient  [-arsv][-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 proxy-user] [-U www-user]  [-V  version]  [-w
       proxy-password] [-W www-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 completely set string to empty ('').

       -g count
              Ping mode, perform count iterations (0 to loop until interrupted).

       -h host
              Retrieve URL from cache on hostname.  Default is localhost.

       -H 'string'
              Extra headers to send. Use '\n' 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

       -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

       -p port
              Port number of cache.  Default is 3128.

       -P file
              PUT request. Using the named file.

       -r     Force cache to reload URL.

       -s     Silent.  Do not print data to stdout.

       -t count
              Trace count cache-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.

       -w password
              Proxy authentication password

       -W password
              WWW authentication password

       -V version
              HTTP Version. Use '-' for HTTP/0.9 omitted case

SEE ALSO
       cachemgr.cgi(8), squid(8)

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.



                                                      Squid Web Client Tool                                       squidclient(1)