Using the API

To access the API simply send a GET request to https://isvarnishworking.co.uk/api/url-test.php passing the url variable and the API will return a json array response with true and false statements for each of the header categories.

Example Response

https://isvarnishworking.co.uk/api/url-test.php?url=https://oliverwhysall.co.uk

Response:

{
    "url": "https://oliverwhysall.co.uk",
    "headers": {
        "varnish": true,
        "cache": true,
        "other": true
    },
    "fetched": "2022-08-18 22:01:31",
    "success": true
}
    

Example No URL

https://isvarnishworking.co.uk/api/url-test.php?url=

Response:

{
  "error": "No URL provided",
  "success": false,
  "fetched": "2022-08-18 22:01:31"
}
    

Example URL Error

https://isvarnishworking.co.uk/api/url-test.php?url=https://party.com

Response:

{
  "error": "There was a problem accessing this URL.",
  "success": false,
  "fetched": "2022-08-18 22:01:31"
}
    

Advanced Show All Headers

To add an array to the response to add all headers simply add the variable showall=true to the request

https://isvarnishworking.co.uk/api/url-test.php?url=https://oliverwhysall.co.uk&showall=true

Response:

{
  "url": "https://oliverwhysall.co.uk",
  "headers": {
    "varnish": true,
    "cache": true,
    "other": true
  },
  "fetched": "2022-08-18 22:01:31",
  "success": true,
  "allHeaders": [
    "HTTP/1.1 200 OK",
    "Server: nginx",
    "Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 21:57:27 GMT",
    "Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8",
    "Content-Length: 5676",
    "Connection: close",
    "Vary: Accept-Encoding",
    "X-Powered-By: PHP/7.3.25",
    "X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge",
    "X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff",
    "Expires: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 00:10:51 GMT",
    "Cache-Control: public, max-age=180, stale-while-revalidate=360, stale-if-error=43200",
    "X-Varnish: 525498 34509",
    "Age: 13596",
    "Via: 1.1 varnish-v4",
    "X-Cache: HIT",
    "X-Cache-Hits: 97",
    "X-OW: oliverwhysall.co.uk",
    "Accept-Ranges: bytes"
  ]
}
    

Test API