HTTP

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web that defines how messages are formatted and transmitted.

HTTP Job Configuration

Use the table below to create HTTP job configuration.

Field	Description
Name	Name of the configuration.
HTTP Pool	Name of one of the configured HTTP pools that you want to use.
Path	Path to target files located on the remote or local file system from which they will be read.
Response Text	Text that Axibase Collector will look for in the response from the server.
Response Text Match Type	Defines how Collector will search for the necessary response text. Possible options: CONTAINS - select this option if you want Collector to search for a partial match. EQUALS - select this option if you want to search for the exact match. REGEXP - select this option if you want to use regular expressions for the search.
Failure Retest	Number of attempts to re-establish the connection.
Failure Retest Interval	Delay between attempts to re-establish connection.
Enable Web Driver	Defines whether you want to enable the Web Driver tool.
Driver Script	Selenium script. *
Driver Timeout, seconds	Defines the amount of time the Driver will wait to complete the request before it returns the timeout exception message.*
Driver File Encoding	Encoding of the file you are requesting with the script. *

*These fields become available if you select the Enable Web Driver check box.

http.status Metric Values Based on HTTP Response Codes:

Metric Value	Response Code
0	No error. HTTP status = 200. No match configured or response text matched.
1	ConnectException
2	NoRouteToHostException
3	UnknownHostException
4	SocketTimeoutException
5	Other exceptions without HTTP response status
200	HTTP response status = 200, but response text failed to match.
xxx	HTTP response status. For example 500 (Server Error).