go-httpbin on Ubuntu 24.04

Overview

go-httpbin is a dependency free implementation of the well known httpbin, a HTTP request and response testing service. It exposes a rich set of endpoints for exercising anything that speaks HTTP: echo endpoints that reflect a request's method, headers, arguments, and body back as JSON, status code endpoints that return any HTTP status you ask for, and utility endpoints for headers, client IP, redirects, delays, streaming, compressed responses, cookies, UUIDs, and random bytes. It is the predictable, controllable server you point your HTTP clients, SDKs, proxies, API gateways, load balancers, and CI pipelines at when you need to verify how they handle a 429, a slow response, a redirect chain, or a chunked stream. Because it is a single self contained binary it starts instantly, uses very little memory, and needs nothing configured to get going.

Common uses

• Test how HTTP clients and SDKs handle status codes, delays, and redirects
• Give CI pipelines a predictable, controllable HTTP endpoint
• Debug proxies, gateways, and load balancers against real request echoes