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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) 2014-2016 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 the RPC HTTP basics."""
+
+from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
+from test_framework.util import *
+
+import http.client
+import urllib.parse
+
+class HTTPBasicsTest (BitcoinTestFramework):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.num_nodes = 3
+        self.setup_clean_chain = False
+
+    def setup_network(self):
+        self.nodes = self.setup_nodes()
+
+    def run_test(self):
+
+        #################################################
+        # lowlevel check for http persistent connection #
+        #################################################
+        url = urllib.parse.urlparse(self.nodes[0].url)
+        authpair = url.username + ':' + url.password
+        headers = {"Authorization": "Basic " + str_to_b64str(authpair)}
+
+        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(url.hostname, url.port)
+        conn.connect()
+        conn.request('POST', '/', '{"method": "getbestblockhash"}', headers)
+        out1 = conn.getresponse().read()
+        assert(b'"error":null' in out1)
+        assert(conn.sock!=None) #according to http/1.1 connection must still be open!
+
+        #send 2nd request without closing connection
+        conn.request('POST', '/', '{"method": "getchaintips"}', headers)
+        out1 = conn.getresponse().read()
+        assert(b'"error":null' in out1) #must also response with a correct json-rpc message
+        assert(conn.sock!=None) #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 " + str_to_b64str(authpair), "Connection": "keep-alive"}
+
+        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(url.hostname, url.port)
+        conn.connect()
+        conn.request('POST', '/', '{"method": "getbestblockhash"}', headers)
+        out1 = conn.getresponse().read()
+        assert(b'"error":null' in out1)
+        assert(conn.sock!=None) #according to http/1.1 connection must still be open!
+
+        #send 2nd request without closing connection
+        conn.request('POST', '/', '{"method": "getchaintips"}', headers)
+        out1 = conn.getresponse().read()
+        assert(b'"error":null' in out1) #must also response with a correct json-rpc message
+        assert(conn.sock!=None) #according to http/1.1 connection must still be open!
+        conn.close()
+
+        #now do the same with "Connection: close"
+        headers = {"Authorization": "Basic " + str_to_b64str(authpair), "Connection":"close"}
+
+        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(url.hostname, url.port)
+        conn.connect()
+        conn.request('POST', '/', '{"method": "getbestblockhash"}', headers)
+        out1 = conn.getresponse().read()
+        assert(b'"error":null' in out1)
+        assert(conn.sock==None) #now the connection must be closed after the response
+
+        #node1 (2nd node) is running with disabled keep-alive option
+        urlNode1 = urllib.parse.urlparse(self.nodes[1].url)
+        authpair = urlNode1.username + ':' + urlNode1.password
+        headers = {"Authorization": "Basic " + str_to_b64str(authpair)}
+
+        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(urlNode1.hostname, urlNode1.port)
+        conn.connect()
+        conn.request('POST', '/', '{"method": "getbestblockhash"}', headers)
+        out1 = conn.getresponse().read()
+        assert(b'"error":null' in out1)
+
+        #node2 (third node) is running with standard keep-alive parameters which means keep-alive is on
+        urlNode2 = urllib.parse.urlparse(self.nodes[2].url)
+        authpair = urlNode2.username + ':' + urlNode2.password
+        headers = {"Authorization": "Basic " + str_to_b64str(authpair)}
+
+        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(urlNode2.hostname, urlNode2.port)
+        conn.connect()
+        conn.request('POST', '/', '{"method": "getbestblockhash"}', headers)
+        out1 = conn.getresponse().read()
+        assert(b'"error":null' in out1)
+        assert(conn.sock!=None) #connection must be closed because bitcoind should use keep-alive by default
+
+        # Check excessive request size
+        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(urlNode2.hostname, urlNode2.port)
+        conn.connect()
+        conn.request('GET', '/' + ('x'*1000), '', headers)
+        out1 = conn.getresponse()
+        assert_equal(out1.status, http.client.NOT_FOUND)
+
+        conn = http.client.HTTPConnection(urlNode2.hostname, urlNode2.port)
+        conn.connect()
+        conn.request('GET', '/' + ('x'*10000), '', headers)
+        out1 = conn.getresponse()
+        assert_equal(out1.status, http.client.BAD_REQUEST)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    HTTPBasicsTest ().main ()