HTTP Server

HTTP Server (http-server)

Run an HTTP server and output any received requests.

Http binary json raw

Minimal example

input:
  http-server:
    address: ~

JSON

{
  "input": {
    "http-server": {
      "address": null
    }
  }
}

Contents

• Minimal example

• Fields

• Server

• Security

• Behavior

• Response

• Reliability

• Schema

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
address Server	string	✅	Server listens on this address:port.
path Server	string		Optionally restrict to this path.
content-type Server	string		Optional content type for responses.
tls Security	Tls		Optional TLS certificate and key.
only-body Behavior	boolean (bool)		Only print out body, assumed to be JSON.
query Behavior	string		Only print out given query var.
json Behavior	boolean (bool)		Data is assumed to be already JSON.
ignore-linebreaks Behavior	boolean (bool)		Do not split body on line breaks.
custom-response Response	multiline-text (string)		Respond using this text.
source-ip-field Response	field (string)		If specified the source IP address for the HTTP request to the server will be stored in the specified field. Examples: data_field
timeout Reliability	string		Timeout.

Server

Show fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
address	string	✅	Server listens on this address:port.
path	string		Optionally restrict to this path.
content-type	string		Optional content type for responses.

Security

Show fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
tls	Tls		Optional TLS certificate and key.

Behavior

Show fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
only-body	boolean (bool)		Only print out body, assumed to be JSON.
query	string		Only print out given query var.
json	boolean (bool)		Data is assumed to be already JSON.
ignore-linebreaks	boolean (bool)		Do not split body on line breaks.

Response

Show fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
custom-response	multiline-text (string)		Respond using this text.
source-ip-field	field (string)		If specified the source IP address for the HTTP request to the server will be stored in the specified field. Examples: data_field

Reliability

Show fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
timeout	string		Timeout.

Schema

• Tls Fields

Tls Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
cert	path (string)	✅	Path to the certificate file. Examples: /path/to/file, c:\users\joe\data\file.txt
key	path (string)	✅	Path to the private key file. Examples: /path/to/file, c:\users\joe\data\file.txt