tests/get-with-headers.py

test-archive: silence stupid messages from GNU tar

Recent versions of GNU tar have apparently decided they're old enough
that it's ok for them to prattle on senselessly about things no one
cares about without anyone objecting. We object; apply duct tape.

#!/usr/bin/env python

__doc__ = """This does HTTP get requests given a host:port and path and returns
a subset of the headers plus the body of the result."""

import httplib, sys, re

try:
    import msvcrt, os
    msvcrt.setmode(sys.stdout.fileno(), os.O_BINARY)
    msvcrt.setmode(sys.stderr.fileno(), os.O_BINARY)
except ImportError:
    pass

headers = [h.lower() for h in sys.argv[3:]]
conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(sys.argv[1])
conn.request("GET", sys.argv[2])
response = conn.getresponse()
print response.status, response.reason
for h in headers:
    if response.getheader(h, None) is not None:
        print "%s: %s" % (h, response.getheader(h))
print
data = response.read()
data = re.sub('\d+ years', 'many years', data)
sys.stdout.write(data)

if 200 <= response.status <= 299:
    sys.exit(0)
sys.exit(1)