COMP-445

Data Communications & Computer Networks

Change Python version in Conda

$ conda create -n comp445 python=3.7 anaconda
# after success
$ conda activate comp445
# deactive
$ conda deactivate

Required Environment

• python 3.7

lists of libaries

• socket
• argparse
• cmd
• sys
• re
• urllib.parse
• shlex
• json

Usage of Assignment 1

1. cd into the folder A1
2. run python httpc.py
3. follow the prompt (httpc), input one of the following test codes
   • GET
     • get 'http://httpbin.org/status/418'
     • get 'http://httpbin.org/get?course=networking&assignment=1'
     • get -v 'http://httpbin.org/get?course=networking&assignment=1'
     • get -h key:value 'http://httpbin.org/get?course=networking&assignment=1'
     • get -h key1:value1 key2:value2 'http://httpbin.org/get?course=networking&assignment=1'
     • get -v 'http://httpbin.org/status/301'
     • (Test redirection : google.com) get -v 'https://bit.ly/3ovMo2i'
     • get -v 'https://bit.ly/3ovMo2i' -o output-google.txt
     • get -v 'http://httpbin.org/get?course=networking&assignment=1' -o output.txt
   • POST
     • post -h Content-Type:application/json -d '{"Assignment": 1}' http://httpbin.org/post
     • post -v -h Content-Type:application/json http://httpbin.org/post
     • post -v -h Content-Type:application/json -d '{"Assignment": 1}' http://httpbin.org/post
     • post -v -h Content-Type:application/json -f test-file.txt http://httpbin.org/post
     • post -v -h Content-Type:application/json -d '{"Test": "Conflict"}' -f test-file.txt http://httpbin.org/post
     • post -v -h Content-Type:application/json http://httpbin.org/post -o output-post.txt
     • post -v 'http://httpbin.org/status/301'
     • post -v http://httpbin.org/status/302
     • (Test rediection 405 Method Not Allowed) post -v 'https://bit.ly/3ovMo2i'
     • post -v -h Content-Type:application/json -d '{"Assignment": 1}' http://httpbin.org/post -o output-post.txt