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  1. 09-03-2010 #1
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    [SOLVED] http request command

    is there a command in linux terminal that execute a http request?

    wget and curl is not a solution...
  2. 09-03-2010 #2
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    I beg to differ.
    wget and curl are very good at http requests.

    But if you want, you can always telnet to port 80 and write each request yourself.
    You must always face the curtain with a bow.
  3. 09-04-2010 #3
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    Could you explain why they aren't solutions?
    What do you want to do?
  4. 09-05-2010 #4
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    Use netcat

    Code:
    rcgreen@blue:~$ nc slipstream 80
GET / HTTP/1.0

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2010 01:03:48 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.41 (Unix) mod_perl/1.30
Last-Modified: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:07:32 GMT
ETag: "967d-43-4c61cda4"
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 67
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html
X-Pad: avoid browser bug

<html>
<body>
<h1>
rcgreen
</h1>
This is the page
</body>
</html>

rcgreen@blue:~$
  5. 09-05-2010 #5
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    Perl, lynx, links and telnet.
    There are many alternatives.

    I think you need to be more specific of what you'd like to achieve, and why some alternatives are not viable solutions.
  6. 09-06-2010 #6
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    Thanks for the quick responses,

    My issue is related to Kannel, I guess you all know that Kannel is url based sms gateway that is capable of sending sms to gsm mobiles using computers.

    I would like to know if there is a possible workaround that instead of using a browser to execute Kannel commands, I would like to do it in the terminal. And upon testing, wget and curl doesn't work for what am I trying to do because it is used for transferring files.
  7. 09-06-2010 #7
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    Your question is solved in the kannel documentation.
    Kannel 1.4.3 User's Guide

    ..and btw: wget, curl, perl, python, etc can do what the docu describes with lynx
    man wget
    man curl
    ..
    Last edited by Irithori; 09-06-2010 at 02:03 AM.
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    Thanks for the quick response Irithori,

    I have read the guide and currently trying lynx, but I'm having a problem because it returns with "Authorization failed for sendsms".

    I assume now that my problem is a Kannel issue right now.
  9. 09-06-2010 #9
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    Solved

    Thanks for the responses.
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