Adding headers flag.

cmd/replay/replay.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package replay
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
@@ -24,6 +25,33 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+type headersFlag struct{ http.Header }
+
+func (h headersFlag) String() string {
+	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	if err := h.Write(buf); err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return buf.String()
+}
+
+func (h headersFlag) Set(value string) error {
+	parts := strings.SplitN(value, ":", 2)
+	if len(parts) < 2 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("[header] wrong format:'%s'", value)
+	}
+	key, val := strings.TrimSpace(parts[0]), strings.TrimSpace(parts[1])
+	if key == "" || val == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("[header] wrong format:'%s'", value)
+	}
+	h.Header.Add(key, val)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (h headersFlag) Type() string {
+	return "headers"
+}
+
 var (
 	host          string
 	resultsPath   string
@@ -34,6 +62,9 @@ var (
 	numClients    int
 	isPaused      int32
 	continueOn400 bool
+	// Adding Content-Type:application/json as default.
+	// https://www.elastic.co/blog/strict-content-type-checking-for-elasticsearch-rest-requests
+	headers = headersFlag{http.Header{"Content-Type": []string{"application/json"}}}
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -45,6 +76,7 @@ func init() {
 	RootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&debug, "debug", false, "Dump requests and responses.")
 	RootCmd.Flags().IntVarP(&numClients, "num_clients", "c", 10, "Number of active clients making requests.")
 	RootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&continueOn400, "continue_on_400s", false, "Whether the loadtest should continue if it receives a 400 response.")
+	RootCmd.Flags().VarP(&headers, "headers", "H", "Custom HTTP headers. You can specify as many as needed by repeating the flag. \"Content-Type: application/json\" is added by default.")
 }
 
 var (
@@ -201,7 +233,7 @@ func (r *runner) Run() error {
 				r.clients <- client
 			}()
 
-			req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", entry.URL, strings.NewReader(entry.Source))
+			req, err := newRequest(entry.URL, entry.Source)
 			if err != nil {
 				// TODO(danielfireman): Make this more elegant. Leveraging cobra error messages.
 				fmt.Printf("Error creating request: %q\n", err)
@@ -326,3 +358,12 @@ func (r *runner) Run() error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func newRequest(url, source string) (*http.Request, error) {
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, strings.NewReader(source))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	req.Header = headers.Header
+	return req, nil
+}

cmd/replay/replay_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package replay
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestNewRequest(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("ValidRequest", func(t *testing.T) {
+		req, err := newRequest("url", "source")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error got:%q want:nil", err)
+		}
+		if req.URL.String() != "url" {
+			t.Fatalf("got:%s want:url", req.URL.String())
+		}
+		b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(req.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error got:%q want:nil", err)
+		}
+		if string(b) != "source" {
+			t.Fatalf("got:%s want:source", b)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("InvalidRequest", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := newRequest("%zzzzz", "source")
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error got:nil want:error")
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestHeadersFlag_Set(t *testing.T) {
+	h := headersFlag{http.Header{}}
+	t.Run("ValidHeader", func(t *testing.T) {
+		if err := h.Set("MyHeader:Foo"); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error got:%q want:nil", err)
+		}
+	})
+	t.Run("NoValue", func(t *testing.T) {
+		if err := h.Set("MyHeader"); err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error got:nil want:error")
+		}
+	})
+	t.Run("KeyValueAsWhitespaces", func(t *testing.T) {
+		if err := h.Set("  :  "); err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("error got:nil want:error")
+		}
+	})
+}