Web Spider Obstacle Course (WSOC)
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Postmodern (postmodern.mod3 at gmail.com)
DESCRIPTION:
The Web Spider Obstacle Course (WSOC) is an example web server that tests the thoroughness and resilience of Web Spiders.
FEATURES:
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Written as a Sinatra application.
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Provides Specs for the expected behavior of a web spider for every link in the Obstacle Course.
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Provides an Obstacle Course containing:
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Empty links.
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Circular links.
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Links with relative-paths.
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Links with absolute-paths.
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Remote links.
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javascript:
links. -
Links within
frameset
andiframe
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Cookie protected pages.
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HTTP 300, 301, 302, 303 and 307 Redirects.
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HTTP Baisc Auth protected pages.
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SYNOPSIS:
$ wsoc_server -p 8080
REQUIREMENTS:
INSTALL:
$ sudo gem install wsoc
LICENSE:
WSOC - The Web Spider Obstacle Course
Copyright © 2009-2010 Hal Brodigan (postmodern.mod3 at gmail.com)
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA