GetHTTP v1.2 Copyright 2002 NetLatency
All rights reserved.
GetHTTP is distributed as freeware. This program can be
freely exchanged and distributed providing that the program is
exchanged in unmodified form.
About GetHTTP utility
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GetHTTP is a Windows command line utility that will query an HTTP
web page (and optionally its content) and output the fetch time in
an MRTG compatible format.
GetHTTP can be combined with the Windows NT Scheduler service to
automate the backups of Cisco router configurations.
Installing the GetHTTP utility
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The GetHTTP utility can be copied into any directory and run without
any further installation. It is preferable to copy GetHTTP into a
directory included in the command path.
Using the GetHTTP utility
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GetHTTP is a command-line utility (console application).
If you run the program without any parameters, the help screen will
be displayed:
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GetHTTP v1.2 Copyright 2002 www.NetLatency.com
A program to query HTTP pages and show response times in an
MRTG format.
Usage: GETHTTP url [-s:servername] [-c] [-d1 | -d2 | -d3]
Arguments: url = URL to fetch
-s:servername = override URL server name and send request
to specific hostname
-c = fetch all content on page
-d1 = display basic debugging information
-d2 = display advanced debugging information
-d3 = display all debugging information
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Usage examples:
GetHTTP http://www.netlatency.com
Fetch the HTML page from the root of www.netlatency.com and return the
results in an MRTG form.
GetHTTP http://www.netlatency.com:8081
Fetch the HTML page from the root of www.netlatency.com on port 8081 and
return the results in an MRTG form.
GetHTTP http://www.netlatency.com:8081/servicesentinel.html
Fetch the servicesentinel.html page from www.netlatency.com on port 8081
and return the results in an MRTG form.
GetHTTP http://www.netlatency.com/servicesentinel.html
Fetch the servicesentinel.html page from www.netlatency.com and
return the results in an MRTG form.
GetHTTP http://www.netlatency.com/servicesentinel.html -c
Fetch the servicesentinel.html page and all graphic content from
www.netlatency.com and return the results in an MRTG form.
GetHTTP http://www.netlatency.com/servicesentinel.html -s:161.58.107.238 -c
Fetch the servicesentinel.html page and all graphic content from
the server at 161.58.107.238. Use the host header of www.netlatency.com
and return the results in an MRTG form. This feature is useful when you
want to query specific servers in a web farm for the same page.
GetHTTP http://www.netlatency.com/servicesentinel.html -c -d1
Fetch the servicesentinel.html page and all graphic content from
www.netlatency.com and return the results in an MRTG form. Provide
basic debugging information on the query.
Interpreting GetHTTP's output
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GetHTTP outputs four lines of information:
2378 <--Milliseconds to fetch page (and content if specified)
200 <--HTTP return code for page (should always be 200)
n/a <--Uptime (required by MRTG, not relevant for HTML)
www.netlatency.com <--Target name
Note: GetHTTP will not follow HTTP 302 (redirect) requests to new pages. You
should manually enter the specific page that you want to query.
Setting up GetHTTP with MRTG
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You will want to include GetHTTP in your MRTG config file:
Target[ezwf]: `c:\tools\GetHTTP www.netlatency.com -c`
Options[ezwf]: gauge, nopercent
Title[ezwf]: www.NetLatency.com Web page load times
PageTop[ezwf]: <H1>www.NetLatency.com Web page load times</H1>
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