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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. A default repeat interval of 5 seconds
is used if this directive is not provided.
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.
MONITOR-PRINTER-STATE [
printer-uri ]
{ EXPECT attribute-name [
predicate(s) ]
} Specifies printer state monitoring tests to run in parallel with
the test operation. The monitoring tests will run until all of
the
EXPECT conditions are satisfied or the primary test
operation has completed, whichever occurs first.
NAME "literal string" Specifies the human-readable name of the test.
OPERATION operation-code Specifies the operation to be performed.
PASS-IF-DEFINED variable-name PASS-IF-NOT-DEFINED variable-name Specifies that the current test should be passed automatically
when the variable is or is not defined.
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.
DISPLAY-MATCH "message" Displays the specified message when the
EXPECT condition
matches.
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[(limits)|tag|...] Requires the
EXPECT attribute to use one of the specified value
tag(s). Most value tags also support the specification of
limits in parenthesis, for example "name(42)" would allow
nameWith/WithoutLanguage strings up to 42 octets in length,
"name(4:MAX)" would allow nameWith/WithoutLanguage strings
between 4 and 255 octets in length, and "integer(-273:MAX)"
would allow integers between -273 and 2147483647.
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-DISTINCT-VALUES Requires that all values of the
EXPECT attribute are unique.
Comparisons are case-sensitive. Only charset, collection, enum,
integer, keyword, mimeMediaType, naturalLanguage,
rangeOfInteger, resolution, uriScheme attributes support this
predicate.
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):
Acknowledge-Document
Acknowledge-Identify-Printer
Acknowledge-Job
Activate-Printer
Add-Document-Images
Allocate-Printer-Resources
Cancel-Current-Job
Cancel-Job
Cancel-Jobs
Cancel-My-Jobs
Cancel-Resource
Cancel-Subscription
Close-Job
Create-Job
Create-Job-Subscriptions
Create-Printer
Create-Printer-Subscriptions
Create-Resource
Create-Resource-Subscriptions
Create-System-Subscriptions
CUPS-Accept-Jobs
CUPS-Accept-Jobs
CUPS-Add-Modify-Class
CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer
CUPS-Authenticate-Job
CUPS-Create-Local-Printer
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
Deactivate-Printer
Deallocate-Printer-Resources
Delete-Printer
Deregister-Output-Device
Disable-All-Printers
Disable-Printer
Enable-All-Printers
Enable-Printer
Fetch-Document
Fetch-Job
Get-Job-Attributes
Get-Jobs
Get-Next-Document-Data
Get-Notifications
Get-Output-Device-Attributes
Get-Printer-Attributes
Get-Printer-Support-Files
Get-Printer-Supported-Values
Get-Printers
Get-Subscription-Attributes
Get-Subscriptions
Get-System-Attributes
Get-System-Supported-Values
Hold-Job
Hold-New-Jobs
Identify-Printer
Install-Resource
Pause-All-Printers
Pause-All-Printers-After-Current-Job
Pause-Printer
Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job
Print-Job
Print-URI
Promote-Job
Purge-Jobs
Register-Output-Device
Release-Held-New-Jobs
Release-Job
Renew-Subscription
Reprocess-Job
Restart-Job
Restart-Printer
Restart-System
Resubmit-Job
Resume-All-Printers
Resume-Job
Resume-Printer
Schedule-Job-After
Send-Document
Send-Hardcopy-Document
Send-Notifications
Send-Resource-Data
Send-URI
Set-Job-Attributes
Set-Printer-Attributes
Set-Resource-Attributes
Set-System-Attributes
Shutdown-All-Printers
Shutdown-One-Printer
Shutdown-Printer
Startup-All-Printers
Startup-One-Printer
Startup-Printer
Suspend-Current-Job
Update-Active-Jobs
Update-Document-Status
Update-Job-Status
Update-Output-Device-Attributes
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-fetchable
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 | job-attributes-tag
operation | operation-attributes-tag
printer | printer-attributes-tag
resource-attributes-tag
subscription-attributes-tag
system-attributes-tag
unsupported-attributes-tag
Here are the value tags:
admin-define
boolean
charset
collection | begCollection
dateTime
default
delete-attribute
enum
integer
keyword
language | naturalLanguage
mimetype | mimeMediaType
name | nameWithLanguage | nameWithoutLanguage
no-value
not-settable
octetString
rangeOfInteger
resolution
text | 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.
SEE ALSO
ipptool(1), IANA IPP Registry (https://www.iana.org/assignments/ipp-
registrations), PWG Internet Printing Protocol Workgroup
(https://www.pwg.org/ipp), RFC 8011
(https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8011)
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