ipptoolfile(5)

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

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.

ipptoolfile(5)

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