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+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+# Copyright (c) 2014 The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#
+# Test REST interface
+#
+
+from test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
+from util import *
+import base64
+
+try:
+ import http.client as httplib
+except ImportError:
+ import httplib
+try:
+ import urllib.parse as urlparse
+except ImportError:
+ import urlparse
+
+class RESTTest (BitcoinTestFramework):
+ def run_test(self):
+
+ #################################################
+ # lowlevel check for http persistent connection #
+ #################################################
+ url = urlparse.urlparse(self.nodes[0].url)
+ authpair = url.username + ':' + url.password
+ headers = {"Authorization": "Basic " + base64.b64encode(authpair)}
+
+ conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(url.hostname, url.port)
+ conn.connect()
+ conn.request('GET', '/', '{"method": "getbestblockhash"}', headers)
+ out1 = conn.getresponse().read();
+ assert_equal('"error":null' in out1, True)
+ assert_equal(conn.sock!=None, True) #according to http/1.1 connection must still be open!
+
+ #send 2nd request without closing connection
+ conn.request('GET', '/', '{"method": "getchaintips"}', headers)
+ out2 = conn.getresponse().read();
+ assert_equal('"error":null' in out1, True) #must also response with a correct json-rpc message
+ assert_equal(conn.sock!=None, True) #according to http/1.1 connection must still be open!
+ conn.close()
+
+ #same should be if we add keep-alive because this should be the std. behaviour
+ headers = {"Authorization": "Basic " + base64.b64encode(authpair), "Connection": "keep-alive"}
+
+ conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(url.hostname, url.port)
+ conn.connect()
+ conn.request('GET', '/', '{"method": "getbestblockhash"}', headers)
+ out1 = conn.getresponse().read();
+ assert_equal('"error":null' in out1, True)
+ assert_equal(conn.sock!=None, True) #according to http/1.1 connection must still be open!
+
+ #send 2nd request without closing connection
+ conn.request('GET', '/', '{"method": "getchaintips"}', headers)
+ out2 = conn.getresponse().read();
+ assert_equal('"error":null' in out1, True) #must also response with a correct json-rpc message
+ assert_equal(conn.sock!=None, True) #according to http/1.1 connection must still be open!
+ conn.close()
+
+ #now do the same with "Connection: close"
+ headers = {"Authorization": "Basic " + base64.b64encode(authpair), "Connection":"close"}
+
+ conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(url.hostname, url.port)
+ conn.connect()
+ conn.request('GET', '/', '{"method": "getbestblockhash"}', headers)
+ out1 = conn.getresponse().read();
+ assert_equal('"error":null' in out1, True)
+ assert_equal(conn.sock!=None, False) #now the connection must be closed after the response
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ RESTTest ().main ()