zerxes v1.0.0

Zerxes

Zerxes is a CLI tool that helps with automation testing of HTTP redirects.

Usage

From any directory, you can run:

$ npx @zerxes [args]

Options

You can specify options through the command line (CLI).

Input Formats

Zerxes currently currently only supports CSV and XLSX files for input.

XLSX

When receiving an XLSX file as input, the input file should be structured as follows (without headers):

• Column 1: The URL to start from (ex: http://google.com)
• Column 2: The expected URL to be redirected to (ex: http://www.google.com)
• Column 3: The maximum hop count for the redirect (ex: 2). Optional, leave blank to use default value.

Example:

CSV

When receiving an CSV file as input, the input file should be structured as follows (without headers):

• Column 1: The URL to start from (ex: http://google.com)
• Column 2: The expected URL to be redirected to (ex: http://www.google.com)
• Column 3: The maximum hop count for the redirect (ex: 2). Optional, leave blank to use default value.

Example:

http://www.google.com,http://www.google.com
http://www.yahoo.com,https://www.yahoo.com,5

Output Formats

Zerxes currently currently only supports CSV and XLSX files for output. Both formats will display the following table:

Examples

Call from CLI:

npx zerxes --in=./test/data/test.csv --out=./output.csv --maxHops=5

node index.js --in=./test/data/test.csv --out=./output.csv --maxHops=5

Install globally and run:

npm i -g zerxes
zerxes --in=./test/data/test.csv --out=./output.csv --maxHops=5