Netcat-based logging http server for debugging. Writes raw http requests to individual files and replies with a 204.

nc-http.sh

#!/bin/sh
# A netcat-based logging http server for debugging.
#
# Writes raw http requests to individual files and replies with a 204.
PORT=${1-"8085"}
OUTFILEPREFIX=${2-"request"}
REPLY='HTTP/1.1 204 NO CONTENT\r\nconnection: close\r\n\r\n'

OUTFILE=''
cleanup () {
	if [ -n "$OUTFILE" -a -f "$OUTFILE" -a ! -s "$OUTFILE" ]; then
		rm "$OUTFILE";
	fi
	exit 0;
}

trap cleanup HUP INT TERM QUIT

while true; do
	OUTFILE="$OUTFILEPREFIX-$(date +%0s).bin"
	echo "> $OUTFILE"
	echo -n "$REPLY" | nc -v -l -p $PORT > "$OUTFILE";
	OUTFILE=''
done