URL test and http test

Stone_ll · Post by **Stone_ll** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 11:57 pm

Can you tell me the difference of the URL test and the http test?
I want to know the most important one.

KS-Soft Europe · Post by **KS-Soft Europe** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:45 am

"URL" test method allows to check HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, Gopher services, while "HTTP" test method is able to monitor HTTP servers only. "URL" test method looks more powerfull, however, it uses wininet.dll (part of Internet Explorer), so we have to rely on Microsoft. "HTTP" test method utilizes our own code and can be used for more precise monitoring, e.g. send "HEADER" HTTP requests.

Regards,
Max

Stone_ll · Post by **Stone_ll** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:45 am

ok thanks。
But what are the differents between the method of get without Download nested frames and Download images and the method of header about the http test .
I do not know whether you understand my meanings.

KS-Soft Europe · Post by **KS-Soft Europe** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:50 am

Difference is in implementation of HTTP protocol routine. Both methods implement HTTP protocol, so in general case, result should be the same. But "HTTP" test methods uses our own code library, while "URL" test method utilizes wininet.dll API calls, like Internet Explorer. Using "HTTP" test method you can avoid any problems related to IE's bugs (of course we can make mistakes as well but we always are able to fix our own mistakes

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Regards,
Max

Stone_ll · Post by **Stone_ll** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:18 am

ok
So sorry that you can't understand my meaning

maybe my English is too poor

in another word the http test with get method but without the option of download image and nested frames only download the source code of the certain website?
however the header only test the http return code .
Am I right ?

sorry for you to spend time understand my rubbishing words.
best regards

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:10 am

in another word the http test with get method but without the option of download image and nested frames only download the source code of the certain website

Correct

however the header only test the http return code

Not just code, it retrieves HTTP header, like
===============
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:09:18 GMT
Server: Apache/2.2.9 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.9 OpenSSL/0.9.8b
Last-Modified: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:01:00 GMT
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 1678
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
===============
However test status depends on HTTP code

Regards
Alex