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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 PDF File"


      # 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


      ATTR mimeMediaType document-format application/pdf


      GROUP job-attributes-tag


      ATTR collection media-col {


        # US Letter plain paper from the "main" tray


        MEMBER collection media-size {


          MEMBER integer x-dimension 21590


          MEMBER integer y-dimension 27940


        }


        MEMBER integer media-top-margin 423


        MEMBER integer media-bottom-margin 423


        MEMBER integer media-left-margin 423


        MEMBER integer media-right-margin 423


        MEMBER keyword media-source "main"


        MEMBER keyword media-type "stationery"


      }


      FILE testfile.pdf


      # The response to expect


      STATUS successful-ok


      EXPECT job-id OF-TYPE integer WITH-VALUE >0


      EXPECT job-uri OF-TYPE uri


    }


    {


      # The name of the test


      NAME "Wait for Job to Complete"


      # 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 job-id OF-TYPE integer WITH-VALUE $job-id


      EXPECT job-uri OF-TYPE uri


      EXPECT job-state OF-TYPE enum WITH-VALUE >5 REPEAT-NO-MATCH


      EXPECT job-originating-user-name OF-TYPE name WITH-VALUE "$user"


      # Show the job state until completed...


      DISPLAY job-state


      DISPLAY job-state-reasons


    }

TOP-LEVEL DIRECTIVES¶

The following directives can be used outside of a test:

{ test }: Defines a test.
DEFINE variable-name value: Defines the named variable to the given value. This is equivalent to specifying -d variable-name=value on the ipptool(8) command-line.
DEFINE-DEFAULT variable-name value: Defines the named variable to the given value if it does not already have a value.
FILE-ID "identifier": Specifies an identifier string for the current file.
IGNORE-ERRORS yes
IGNORE-ERRORS no: Specifies whether, by default, ipptool(8) will ignore errors and continue with subsequent tests.
INCLUDE "filename"
INCLUDE <filename>: 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(8) include directory.
INCLUDE-IF-DEFINED name "filename"
INCLUDE-IF-DEFINED name <filename>: 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(8) include directory.
INCLUDE-IF-NOT-DEFINED name "filename"
INCLUDE-IF-NOT-DEFINED name <filename>: 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(8) include directory.
SKIP-IF-DEFINED variable-name
SKIP-IF-NOT-DEFINED variable-name: Specifies that the remainder of the test file should be skipped when the variable is or is not defined.
STOP-AFTER-INCLUDE-ERROR no
STOP-AFTER-INCLUDE-ERROR yes: Specifies whether tests will be stopped after an error in an included file.
TRANSFER auto: Specifies that tests will, by default, use "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" for requests with attached files and "Content-Length:" for requests without attached files.
TRANSFER chunked: 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(8) command-line. Support for chunked requests is required for conformance with all versions of IPP.
TRANSFER length: Specifies that tests will, by default, use the HTTP/1.0 "Content-Length:" header. This is equivalent to specifying -l on the ipptool(8) command-line. Support for content length requests is required for conformance with all versions of IPP.
VERSION 1.0
VERSION 1.1
VERSION 2.0
VERSION 2.1
VERSION 2.2: Specifies the default IPP version number to use for the tests that follow.

TEST DIRECTIVES¶

The following directives are understood within a test:

ATTR out-of-band-tag attribute-name
ATTR tag attribute-name value(s): Adds an attribute to the test request. Out-of-band tags (admin-define, delete-attribute, no-value, not-settable, unknown, unsupported) have no value. Values for other tags are delimited by the comma (",") character - escape commas using the "\" character. Common attributes and values are listed in the IANA IPP registry - see references below.
ATTR collection attribute-name { MEMBER tag member-name value(s) ... } [ ... ,{ ... } ]: 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, separated by commas.
COMPRESSION deflate
COMPRESSION gzip
COMPRESSION none: Uses the specified compression on the document data following the attributes in a Print-Job or Send-Document request.
DELAY seconds[,repeat-seconds]: Specifies a delay in seconds before this test will be run. If two values are specified, the second value is used as the delay between repeated tests.
DISPLAY attribute-name: Specifies that value of the named attribute should be output as part of the test report.
EXPECT attribute-name [ predicate(s) ]
EXPECT ?attribute-name predicate(s)
EXPECT !attribute-name: 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. Attribute names can specify member attributes by separating the attribute and member names with the forward slash, for example "media-col/media-size/x-dimension".
EXPECT-ALL attribute-name [ predicate(s) ]
EXPECT-ALL ?attribute-name predicate(s): Specifies that the response must/may include the named attribute and that all occurrences of that attribute must match the given predicates.
FILE filename: Specifies a file to include at the end of the request. This is typically used when sending a test print file.
GROUP tag: Specifies the group tag for subsequent attributes in the request.
IGNORE-ERRORS yes
IGNORE-ERRORS no: Specifies whether ipptool(8) will ignore errors and continue with subsequent tests.
NAME "literal string": Specifies the human-readable name of the test.
OPERATION operation-code: Specifies the operation to be performed.
PAUSE "message": Displays the provided message and waits for the user to press a key to continue.
REQUEST-ID number
REQUEST-ID random: 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).
RESOURCE path: 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(8) program.
SKIP-IF-DEFINED variable-name
SKIP-IF-NOT-DEFINED variable-name: Specifies that the current test should be skipped when the variable is or is not defined.
SKIP-PREVIOUS-ERROR yes
SKIP-PREVIOUS-ERROR no: Specifies whether ipptool(8) will skip the current test if the previous test resulted in an error/failure.
STATUS status-code [ predicate ]: Specifies an expected response status-code value. Additional requirements can be added as predicates - see the "STATUS PREDICATES" section for more information on predicates.
TEST-ID "identifier": Specifies an identifier string for the current test.
TRANSFER auto: Specifies that this test will use "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" if it has an attached file or "Content-Length:" otherwise.
TRANSFER chunked: Specifies that this test will use the HTTP/1.1 "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" header.
TRANSFER length: Specifies that this test will use the HTTP/1.0 "Content-Length:" header.
VERSION 1.0
VERSION 1.1
VERSION 2.0
VERSION 2.1
VERSION 2.2: Specifies the IPP version number to use for this test.

EXPECT PREDICATES¶

The following predicates are understood following the EXPECT test directive:

COUNT number: Requires the EXPECT attribute to have the specified number of values.
DEFINE-MATCH variable-name: 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.
DEFINE-NO-MATCH variable-name: 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.
DEFINE-VALUE variable-name: 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.
IF-DEFINED variable-name: Makes the EXPECT conditions apply only if the specified variable is defined.
IF-NOT-DEFINED variable-name: Makes the EXPECT conditions apply only if the specified variable is not defined.
IN-GROUP tag: Requires the EXPECT attribute to be in the specified group tag.
OF-TYPE tag[|tag,...]: Requires the EXPECT attribute to use one of the specified value tag(s).
REPEAT-LIMIT number: Specifies the maximum number of times to repeat if the REPEAT-MATCH or REPEAT-NO-MATCH predicate is specified. The default value is 1000.
REPEAT-MATCH
REPEAT-NO-MATCH: Specifies that the current test should be repeated when the EXPECT condition matches or does not match.
SAME-COUNT-AS attribute-name: Requires the EXPECT attribute to have the same number of values as the specified parallel attribute.
WITH-ALL-HOSTNAMES "literal string"
WITH-ALL-HOSTNAMES "/regular expression/": Requires that all URI values contain a matching hostname.
WITH-ALL-RESOURCES "literal string"
WITH-ALL-RESOURCES "/regular expression/": Requires that all URI values contain a matching resource (including leading /).
WITH-ALL-SCHEMES "literal string"
WITH-ALL-SCHEMES "/regular expression/": Requires that all URI values contain a matching scheme.
WITH-ALL-VALUES "literal string": Requires that all values of the EXPECT attribute match the literal string. Comparisons are case-sensitive.
WITH-ALL-VALUES <number
WITH-ALL-VALUES =number
WITH-ALL-VALUES >number
WITH-ALL-VALUES number[,...,number]: 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.
WITH-ALL-VALUES "false"
WITH-ALL-VALUES "true": Requires that all values of the EXPECT attribute match the boolean value given.
WITH-ALL-VALUES "/regular expression/": 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.
WITH-HOSTNAME "literal string"
WITH-HOSTNAME "/regular expression/": Requires that at least one URI value contains a matching hostname.
WITH-RESOURCE "literal string"
WITH-RESOURCE "/regular expression/": Requires that at least one URI value contains a matching resource (including leading /).
WITH-SCHEME "literal string"
WITH-SCHEME "/regular expression/": Requires that at least one URI value contains a matching scheme.
WITH-VALUE "literal string": Requires that at least one value of the EXPECT attribute matches the literal string. Comparisons are case-sensitive.
WITH-VALUE <number
WITH-VALUE =number
WITH-VALUE >number
WITH-VALUE number[,...,number]: 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.
WITH-VALUE "false"
WITH-VALUE "true": Requires that at least one value of the EXPECT attribute matches the boolean value given.
WITH-VALUE "/regular expression/": 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.
WITH-VALUE-FROM attribute-name: Requires that the value(s) of the EXPECT attribute matches the value(s) in the specified attribute. For example, "EXPECT job-sheets WITH-VALUE-FROM job-sheets-supported" requires that the "job-sheets" value is listed as a value of the "job-sheets-supported" attribute.

STATUS PREDICATES¶

The following predicates are understood following the STATUS test directive:

DEFINE-MATCH variable-name: Defines the variable to "1" when the STATUS matches. A side-effect of this predicate is that this STATUS will never fail a test.
DEFINE-NO-MATCH variable-name: 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.
IF-DEFINED variable-name: Makes the STATUS apply only if the specified variable is defined.
IF-NOT-DEFINED variable-name: Makes the STATUS apply only if the specified variable is not defined.
REPEAT-LIMIT number: Specifies the maximum number of times to repeat. The default value is 1000.
REPEAT-MATCH
REPEAT-NO-MATCH: 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 8011 and other IPP extension specifications. Here is a complete list of names supported by ipptool(8):



    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-Subscriptions


    Create-Printer-Subscriptions


    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-Hardcopy-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 8011 and other IPP extension specifications. Here is a complete list of the names supported by ipptool(8):



    client-error-account-authorization-failed


    client-error-account-closed


    client-error-account-info-needed


    client-error-account-limit-reached


    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-error-account-authorization-failed


    cups-error-account-closed


    cups-error-account-info-needed


    cups-error-account-limit-reached


    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 8011 and other IPP extension specifications. Here are the group tags:



    document-attributes-tag


    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(8) 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.
$date-current: Inserts the current date and time using the ISO-8601 format ("yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ").
$date-start: Inserts the starting date and time using the ISO-8601 format ("yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ").
$filename: Inserts the filename provided to ipptool(8) with the -f option.
$filetype: Inserts the MIME media type for the filename provided to ipptool(8) with the -f option.
$hostname: Inserts the hostname from the URI provided to ipptool(8).
$job-id: Inserts the last "job-id" attribute value returned in a test response or 0 if no "job-id" attribute has been seen.
$job-uri: Inserts the last "job-uri" attribute value returned in a test response or an empty string if no "job-uri" attribute has been seen.
$notify-subscription-id: Inserts the last "notify-subscription-id" attribute value returned in a test response or 0 if no "notify-subscription-id" attribute has been seen.
$port: Inserts the port number from the URI provided to ipptool(8).
$resource: Inserts the resource path from the URI provided to ipptool(8).
$scheme: Inserts the scheme from the URI provided to ipptool(8).
$uri: Inserts the URI provided to ipptool(8).
$uriuser: Inserts the username from the URI provided to ipptool(8), if any.
$user: Inserts the current user's login name.

COPYRIGHT¶

CUPS	15 August 2019

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