pcurl - Node Module
Posted by Dave Eddy on Oct 26 2012 - tags: techConcurrently curl a list of hosts and print the results
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Usage
Used as a command line tool
pcurl url1 url2 url3 ...
or pipe through stdin
pcurl < newline_sep_list_of_urls.txt
Examples
Use bash expansion to hit multiple URLs at the same time, and report the results
$ pcurl http://ifconfig.me/{ip,host,ua,port,lang,connection}
URL CODE BODY
http://ifconfig.me/connection 200 keep-alive
http://ifconfig.me/host 200 host.isp.net
http://ifconfig.me/ip 200 2.6.9.8
http://ifconfig.me/lang 404
http://ifconfig.me/port 200 41699
http://ifconfig.me/ua 200
Or send the same data through stdin
$ printf "%s\n" http://ifconfig.me/{ip,host,ua,port,lang,connection}
http://ifconfig.me/ip
http://ifconfig.me/host
http://ifconfig.me/ua
http://ifconfig.me/port
http://ifconfig.me/lang
http://ifconfig.me/connection
$ printf "%s\n" http://ifconfig.me/{ip,host,ua,port,lang,connection} | pcurl
URL CODE BODY
http://ifconfig.me/connection 200 keep-alive
http://ifconfig.me/host 200 host.isp.net
http://ifconfig.me/ip 200 2.6.9.8
http://ifconfig.me/lang 404
http://ifconfig.me/port 200 41699
http://ifconfig.me/ua 200
Limitations
- Only supports GET requests
- Meant to receive small body data
- Hardcoded 10 second timeout
Install
npm install -g pcurl
License
MIT