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ipptoolfile(5) Apple Inc. ipptoolfile(5)

NAME

ipptoolfile - ipptool file format

DESCRIPTION

The ipptool(1) program accepts free-form plain text files that describe one or more IPP requests. Comments start with the "#" character and continue to the end of the line. Each request is enclosed by curly braces, for example:


# This is a comment
{
# The name of the test
NAME "Print PostScript Job"
# The request to send
OPERATION Print-Job
GROUP operation-attributes-tag
ATTR charset attributes-charset utf-8
ATTR language attributes-natural-language en
ATTR uri printer-uri $uri
ATTR name requesting-user-name $user
FILE testfile.ps
# The response to expect
STATUS successful-ok
EXPECT attributes-charset OF-TYPE charset
EXPECT attributes-natural-language OF-TYPE naturalLanguage
EXPECT job-id OF-TYPE integer
EXPECT job-uri OF-TYPE uri
}
{
# The name of the test
NAME "Get Attributes of PostScript Job"
# The request to send
OPERATION Get-Job-Attributes
GROUP operation-attributes-tag
ATTR charset attributes-charset utf-8
ATTR language attributes-natural-language en
ATTR uri printer-uri $uri
ATTR integer job-id $job-id
ATTR name requesting-user-name $user
# The response to expect
STATUS successful-ok
EXPECT attributes-charset OF-TYPE charset
EXPECT attributes-natural-language OF-TYPE naturalLanguage
EXPECT job-id OF-TYPE integer
EXPECT job-uri OF-TYPE uri
EXPECT job-state OF-TYPE enum
EXPECT job-originating-user-name OF-TYPE name WITH-VALUE "$user"
}

TOP-LEVEL DIRECTIVES

The following directives can be used outside of a test:

{ test }
Defines a test.
Defines the named variable to the given value. This is equivalent to specifying "-d variable-name=value" on the ipptool command-line.
Defines the named variable to the given value if it does not already have a value.
Specifies whether, by default, ipptool will ignore errors and continue with subsequent tests.
Includes another test file. The first form includes a file relative to the current test file, while the second form includes a file from the ipptool include directory.
Includes another test file if the named variable is defined. The first form includes a file relative to the current test file, while the second form includes a file from the ipptool include directory.
Includes another test file if the named variable is not defined. The first form includes a file relative to the current test file, while the second form includes a file from the ipptool include directory.
Specifies that the remainder of the test file should be skipped when the variable is or is not defined.
Specifies that tests will, by default, use "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" for requests with attached files and "Content-Length:" for requests without attached files.
Specifies that tests will, by default, use the HTTP/1.1 "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" header. This is the default and is equivalent to specifying "-c" on the ipptool command-line. Support for chunked requests is required for conformance with all versions of IPP.
Specifies that tests will, by default, use the HTTP/1.0 "Content-Length:" header. This is equivalent to specifying "-l" on the ipptool command-line. Support for content length requests is required for conformance with all versions of IPP.
Specifies the default IPP version number to use for the tests that follow.

TEST DIRECTIVES

The following directives are understood in a test:

Adds an attribute to the test request. Values are separated by the comma (",") character - escape commas using the "
Adds a collection attribute to the test request. Member attributes follow the same syntax as regular attributes and can themselves be nested collections. Multiple collection values can be supplied as needed.
Specifies a delay before this test will be run.
Specifies that value of the named attribute should be output as part of the test report.
Specifies that the response must/may/must not include the named attribute. Additional requirements can be added as predicates - see the "EXPECT PREDICATES" section for more information on predicates.
Specifies a file to include at the end of the request. This is typically used when sending a test print file.
Specifies the group tag for subsequent attributes in the request.
Specifies whether ipptool will ignore errors and continue with subsequent tests.
NAME "literal string"
Specifies the human-readable name of the test.
Specifies the operation to be performed.
Specifies the request-id value to use in the request, either an integer or the word "random" to use a randomly generated value (the default).
Specifies an alternate resource path that is used for the HTTP POST request. The default is the resource from the URI provided to the ipptool program.
Specifies that the current test should be skipped when the variable is or is not defined.
Specifies whether ipptool will skip the current test if the previous test resulted in an error/failure.
Specifies an expected response status-code value. Additional requirements can be added as predicates - see the "STATUS PREDICATES" section for more information on predicates.
Specifies that this test will use "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" if it has an attached file or "Content-Length:" otherwise.
Specifies that this test will use the HTTP/1.1 "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" header.
Specifies that this test will use the HTTP/1.0 "Content-Length:" header.
Specifies the IPP version number to use for this test.

EXPECT PREDICATES

The following predicates are understood following the EXPECT test directive:

Requires the EXPECT attribute to have the specified number of values.
Defines the variable to "1" when the EXPECT condition matches. A side-effect of this predicate is that this EXPECT will never fail a test.
Defines the variable to "1" when the EXPECT condition does not match. A side- effect of this predicate is that this EXPECT will never fail a test.
Defines the variable to the value of the attribute when the EXPECT condition matches. A side-effect of this predicate is that this EXPECT will never fail a test.
Makes the EXPECT conditions apply only if the specified variable is defined.
Makes the EXPECT conditions apply only if the specified variable is not defined.
Requires the EXPECT attribute to be in the specified group tag.
Requires the EXPECT attribute to use the specified value tag(s).

Specifies the maximum number of times to repeat. The default value is 1000.
Specifies that the current test should be repeated when the EXPECT condition matches or does not match.
Requires the EXPECT attribute to have the same number of values as the specified parallel attribute.
Requires that all values of the EXPECT attribute match the literal string. Comparisons are case-sensitive.
Requires that all values of the EXPECT attribute match the number(s) or numeric comparison. When comparing rangeOfInteger values, the "<" and ">" operators only check the upper bound of the range.
Requires that all values of the EXPECT attribute match the boolean value given.
Requires that all values of the EXPECT attribute match the regular expression, which must conform to the POSIX regular expression syntax. Comparisons are case-sensitive.
Requires that at least one value of the EXPECT attribute matches the literal string. Comparisons are case-sensitive.
Requires that at least one value of the EXPECT attribute matches the number(s) or numeric comparison. When comparing rangeOfInteger values, the "<" and ">" operators only check the upper bound of the range.
Requires that at least one value of the EXPECT attribute matches the boolean value given.
Requires that at least one value of the EXPECT attribute matches the regular expression, which must conform to the POSIX regular expression syntax. Comparisons are case-sensitive.

STATUS PREDICATES

The following predicates are understood following the STATUS test directive:

Defines the variable to "1" when the STATUS matches. A side-effect of this predicate is that this STATUS will never fail a test.
Defines the variable to "1" when the STATUS does not match. A side-effect of this predicate is that this STATUS will never fail a test.
Makes the STATUS apply only if the specified variable is defined.
Makes the STATUS apply only if the specified variable is not defined.

Specifies the maximum number of times to repeat. The default value is 1000.
Specifies that the current test should be repeated when the response status-code matches or does not match the value specified by the STATUS directive.

OPERATION CODES

Operation codes correspond to the hexadecimal numbers (0xHHHH) and names from RFC 2911 and other IPP extension specifications. Here is a complete list:


Activate-Printer
CUPS-Accept-Jobs
CUPS-Add-Modify-Class
CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer
CUPS-Authenticate-Job
CUPS-Delete-Class
CUPS-Delete-Printer
CUPS-Get-Classes
CUPS-Get-Default
CUPS-Get-Devices
CUPS-Get-Document
CUPS-Get-PPD
CUPS-Get-PPDs
CUPS-Get-Printers
CUPS-Move-Job
CUPS-Reject-Jobs
CUPS-Set-Default
Cancel-Current-Job
Cancel-Job
Cancel-Jobs
Cancel-My-Jobs
Cancel-Subscription
Close-Job
Create-Job
Create-Job-Subscription
Create-Printer-Subscription
Deactivate-Printer
Disable-Printer
Enable-Printer
Get-Job-Attributes
Get-Jobs
Get-Notifications
Get-Printer-Attributes
Get-Printer-Support-Files
Get-Printer-Supported-Values
Get-Subscription-Attributes
Get-Subscriptions
Hold-Job
Hold-New-Jobs
Identify-Printer
Pause-Printer
Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job
Print-Job
Print-URI
Promote-Job
Purge-Jobs
Release-Held-New-Jobs
Release-Job
Renew-Subscription
Reprocess-Job
Restart-Job
Restart-Printer
Resubmit-Job
Resume-Job
Resume-Printer
Schedule-Job-After
Send-Document
Send-Notifications
Send-URI
Set-Job-Attributes
Set-Printer-Attributes
Shutdown-Printer
Startup-Printer
Suspend-Current-Job
Validate-Document
Validate-Job

STATUS CODES

Status codes correspond to the hexadecimal numbers (0xHHHH) and names from RFC 2911 and other IPP extension specifications. Here is a complete list:


client-error-attributes-not-settable
client-error-attributes-or-values-not-supported
client-error-bad-request
client-error-charset-not-supported
client-error-compression-error
client-error-compression-not-supported
client-error-conflicting-attributes
client-error-document-access-error
client-error-document-format-error
client-error-document-format-not-supported
client-error-document-password-error
client-error-document-permission-error
client-error-document-security-error
client-error-document-unprintable-error
client-error-forbidden
client-error-gone
client-error-ignored-all-notifications
client-error-ignored-all-subscriptions
client-error-not-authenticated
client-error-not-authorized
client-error-not-found
client-error-not-possible
client-error-print-support-file-not-found
client-error-request-entity-too-large
client-error-request-value-too-long
client-error-timeout
client-error-too-many-subscriptions
client-error-uri-scheme-not-supported
cups-see-other
redirection-other-site
server-error-busy
server-error-device-error
server-error-internal-error
server-error-job-canceled
server-error-multiple-document-jobs-not-supported
server-error-not-accepting-jobs
server-error-operation-not-supported
server-error-printer-is-deactivated
server-error-service-unavailable
server-error-temporary-error
server-error-version-not-supported
successful-ok
successful-ok-but-cancel-subscription
successful-ok-conflicting-attributes
successful-ok-events-complete
successful-ok-ignored-notifications
successful-ok-ignored-or-substituted-attributes
successful-ok-ignored-subscriptions
successful-ok-too-many-events

TAGS

Value and group tags correspond to the names from RFC 2911 and other IPP extension specifications. Here are the group tags:


event-notification-attributes-tag
job-attributes-tag
operation-attributes-tag
printer-attributes-tag
subscription-attributes-tag
unsupported-attributes-tag

Here are the value tags:


admin-define
boolean
charset
collection
dateTime
default
delete-attribute
enum
integer
keyword
mimeMediaType
nameWithLanguage
nameWithoutLanguage
naturalLanguage
no-value
not-settable
octetString
rangeOfInteger
resolution
textWithLanguage
textWithoutLanguage
unknown
unsupported
uri
uriScheme

VARIABLES

The ipptool program maintains a list of variables that can be used in any literal string or attribute value by specifying "$variable-name". Aside from variables defined using the "-d" option or "DEFINE" directive, the following pre-defined variables are available:

$$
Inserts a single "$" character.
$ENV[name]
Inserts the value of the named environment variable, or an empty string if the environment variable is not defined.
$filename
Inserts the filename provided to ipptool with the "-f" option.
$hostname
Inserts the hostname from the URI provided to ipptool.
$job-id
Inserts the last job-id value returned in a test response or 0 if no job-id has been seen.
$job-uri
Inserts the last job-uri value returned in a test response or an empty string if no job-uri has been seen.
$scheme
Inserts the scheme from the URI provided to ipptool.
$notify-subscription-id
Inserts the last notify-subscription-id value returned in a test response or 0 if no notify-subscription-id has been seen.
$port
Inserts the port number from the URI provided to ipptool.
$resource
Inserts the resource path from the URI provided to ipptool.
$uri
Inserts the URI provided to ipptool.
$user
Inserts the current user's login name.
$username
Inserts the username from the URI provided to ipptool, if any.

SEE ALSO

ipptool(1),
http://localhost:631/help

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2007-2013 by Apple Inc.

CUPS 10 January 2013