squidclient - A simple HTTP web client tool

       This program and manual was written by AmosJeffries<amosjeffries@squid-cache.org>

       Based  on  original  code  derived  from  Harvest  and further developed by numerous individuals from the
       internet community.

        * Copyright (C) 1996-2024 The Squid Software Foundation and contributors
        *
        * Squid software is distributed under GPLv2+ license and includes
        * contributions from numerous individuals and organizations.
        * Please see the COPYING and CONTRIBUTORS files for details.

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.

       squidclient - A simple HTTP web client tool

-a          Do NOT include Accept: header.

       -A'string' Send string as User-Agent: header. To omit the header completely set string to empty ('').

       -h|--hosthost
                   Retrieve URL from server host.  Default is localhost-H'string' Extra headers to send. Use '\n' for new lines.

       -itime     If-Modified-Since time (in Epoch seconds).

       -jhosthdr  Host header content

       -k          Keep the connection active. Default is to do only one request then close.

       -l|--localhost
                   Specify a local IP address to bind to.  Default is none.

       -mmethod   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

       -n          Proxy Negotiate(Kerberos) authentication.
                   Use kinit username@DOMAIN first to get initial TGS.

       -N          WWW Negotiate(Kerberos) authentication.
                   Use kinit username@DOMAIN first to get initial TGS.

       -pport     Port number of cache.  Default is 3128.

       -Pfile     Request body. Using the named file as data.

       -r          Force cache to reload URL.

       -s          Silent.  Do not print data to stdout.

       -tcount    Trace count HTTP relay or proxy hops

       -Ttimeout  Timeout value (seconds) for read/write operations.

       -uuser     Proxy authentication username

       -Uuser     WWW authentication username

       -v          Verbose. Print outgoing message to stderr.

       -Vversion  HTTP Version. Use '-' for HTTP/0.9 omitted case

       -wpassword Proxy authentication password

       -Wpassword WWW authentication password

       --https     Use Transport Layer Security on the HTTP connection.

       --anonymous-tls
                   Use TLS with unauthenticated (anonymous) certificate.

       --certfile File  containing  client  X.509  certificate  in PEM format.  May be repeated to load several
                   client certificates.

       --trusted-cafile
                   File containing trusted Certificate Authority  (CA)  certificates  in  PEM  format.   May  be
                   repeated to load any number of files.

       --paramsvalues
                   TLS library specific parameters for the communication session.  See the library documentation
                   for            details            on           valid           parameters.            GnuTLS:http://gnutls.org/manual/html_node/Priority-Strings.html If repeated only the last value will
                   have effect.

       --ping[options]
                   Enable ping mode. Optional -g and -I parameters must follow immediately  if  used.   Repeated
                   use resets to default ping settings.

       -gcount    Ping mode, perform count iterations (default is to loop until interrupted).

       -Iinterval Ping interval in seconds (default 1 second).

       Questions on  the  usage  of  this  program  can  be  sent  to  the  SquidUsersmailinglist  <squid-
       users@lists.squid-cache.org>

       See  https://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/BugReporting for details of what you need to include with your
       bug report.

       Report bugs or bug fixes using https://bugs.squid-cache.org/

       Report serious security bugs to SquidBugs<squid-bugs@lists.squid-cache.org>

       Report ideas for new improvements to the SquidDevelopersmailinglist <squid-dev@lists.squid-cache.org>

squid(8), cachemgr.cgi(8)

                                                                                                  squidclient(1)

squidclient[-aknNrsv][--ping[ping-options]][--https][tls-options][-A string ][-h|--host
       remote host ][-H' string '][-i IMS ][-j' Host header '][-l|--local host ][-m method  ][-p|--port  port ][-P file ][-t count ][-T timeout ][-u user ][-U user ][-V version ][-w
       password ][-W password ] url

       Pingoptions:[-g count ][-I interval ]TLSoptions:[--anonymous-tls][--trusted-ca  CA  certificates  file  ...][--cert  client  X.509
       certificate file ][--params TLS session parameters ]