hurl/docs/spec/hurl.grammar

# General

hurl-file: entry*
           lt*

entry: request
       response?

request:
  lt*
  method sp value-string lt
  header*
  request-section*
  body?

response:
  lt*
  version sp status lt
  header*
  response-section*
  body?

method:
    "GET"
  | "HEAD"
  | "POST"
  | "PUT"
  | "DELETE"
  | "CONNECT"
  | "OPTIONS"
  | "TRACE"
  | "PATCH"
  | "LINK"
  | "UNLINK"
  | "PURGE"
  | "LOCK"
  | "UNLOCK"
  | "PROPFIND"
  | "VIEW"


version:
    "HTTP/1.0"
  | "HTTP/1.1"
  | "HTTP/2"
  | "HTTP"

status: [0-9]+

header:
  lt*
  key-value lt

body:
  lt*
  bytes lt


# Sections

request-section:
    query-string-params-section
  | form-params-section
  | multipart-form-data-section
  | cookies-section
  | options-section

response-section:
    captures-section
  | asserts-section

query-string-params-section:
  lt*
  "[QueryStringParams]" lt
  key-value*

form-params-section:
  lt*
  "[FormParams]" lt
  key-value*

multipart-form-data-section:
  lt*
  "[MultipartFormData]" lt
  multipart-form-data-param*

cookies-section:
  lt*
  "[Cookies]" lt
  key-value*

captures-section:
  lt*
  "[Captures]" lt
  capture*

asserts-section:
  lt*
  "[Asserts]" lt
  assert*

options-section:
  lt*
  "[Options]" lt
  option*

key-value: key-string ":" value-string

multipart-form-data-param: file-param | key-value

file-param :
  lt*
  key-string ":" file-value lt

file-value: "file," filename ";" (file-contenttype)?

file-contenttype: [a-zA-Z0-9/+-]+

capture:
  lt*
  key-string ":" query (sp filter)* lt

assert:
  lt*
  query (sp filter)* sp predicate lt

option:
  lt*
  ( ca-certificate-option
  | follow-redirect-option
  | insecure-option
  | max-redirs-option
  | retry-option
  | retry-interval-option
  | retry-max-count-option
  | variable-option
  | verbose-option
  | very-verbose-option
  )

ca-certificate-option: "cacert" ":" filename lt

follow-redirect-option: "location" ":" boolean lt

insecure-option: "insecure" ":" boolean lt

max-redirs-option: "max-redirs" ":" integer lt

retry-option: "retry" ":" boolean lt

retry-interval-option: "retry-interval" ":" integer lt

retry-max-count-option: "retry-max-count" ":" integer lt

variable-option: "variable" ":" variable-definition lt

verbose-option: "verbose" ":" boolean lt

very-verbose-option: "very-verbose" ":" boolean lt

variable-definition: variable-name "=" variable-value

variable-value:
    null
  | boolean
  | integer
  | float
  | key-string
  | quoted-string

# Query

query:
    status-query
  | url-query
  | header-query
  | cookie-query
  | body-query
  | xpath-query
  | jsonpath-query
  | regex-query
  | variable-query
  | duration-query
  | bytes-query
  | sha256-query
  | md5-query

status-query: "status"

url-query: "url"

header-query: "header" sp quoted-string

cookie-query: "cookie" sp quoted-string

body-query: "body"

xpath-query: "xpath" sp quoted-string

jsonpath-query: "jsonpath" sp quoted-string

regex-query: "regex" sp (quoted-string | regex)

variable-query: "variable" sp quoted-string

duration-query: "duration"

sha256-query: "sha256"

md5-query: "md5"

bytes-query: "bytes"


# Predicates

predicate: ("not" sp )? predicate-func

predicate-func:
    equal-predicate
  | not-equal-predicate
  | greater-predicate
  | greater-or-equal-predicate
  | less-predicate
  | less-or-equal-predicate
  | start-with-predicate
  | end-with-predicate
  | contain-predicate
  | match-predicate
  | exist-predicate
  | include-predicate
  | integer-predicate
  | float-predicate
  | boolean-predicate
  | string-predicate
  | collection-predicate

equal-predicate: ("equals" | "==") sp predicate-value

not-equal-predicate: ("notEquals" | "!=") sp predicate-value

greater-predicate: ("greaterThan" | ">") sp (integer | float | quoted-string)

greater-or-equal-predicate: ("greaterThanOrEquals" | ">=") sp sp* (integer | float | quoted-string)

less-predicate: ("lessThan" | "<") sp (integer | float | quoted-string)

less-or-equal-predicate: ("lessThanOrEquals" | "<=") sp (integer | float | quoted-string)

start-with-predicate: "startsWith" sp (quoted-string | oneline-hex | oneline-base64)

end-with-predicate: "endsWith" sp (quoted-string | oneline-hex | oneline-base64)

contain-predicate: "contains" sp quoted-string

match-predicate: "matches" sp (quoted-string | regex)

exist-predicate: "exists"

include-predicate: "includes" sp predicate-value

integer-predicate: "isInteger"

float-predicate: "isFloat"

boolean-predicate: "isBoolean"

string-predicate: "isString"

collection-predicate: "isCollection"

predicate-value:
    null
  | boolean
  | integer
  | float
  | quoted-string
  | oneline-hex
  | oneline-base64
  | oneline-file
  | multiline-string
  | template


# Bytes

bytes:
    json-value
  | xml
  | multiline-string
  | oneline-string
  | oneline-base64
  | oneline-file
  | oneline-hex

xml: "<" "To Be Defined" ">"

oneline-base64: "base64," [A-Z0-9+-= \n]+ ";"

oneline-file: "file," filename ";"

oneline-hex: "hex," hexdigit* ";"




# Strings

quoted-string: "\"" (quoted-string-content | template)* "\""

quoted-string-content: (quoted-string-text | quoted-string-escaped-char)*

quoted-string-text: ~["\\]+

quoted-string-escaped-char: "\\" ("\"" | "\\" | "\b" | "\f" | "\n" | "\r" | "\t" | "\u" unicode-char)


key-string: (key-string-content | template)+

key-string-content: (key-string-text | key-string-escaped-char)*

key-string-text: (alphanum | "_" | "-" | "." | "[" | "]" | "@" | "$") +

key-string-escaped-char: "\\" ("#" | ":" | "\\" | "\b" | "\f" | "\n" | "\r" | "\t" | "\u" unicode-char )


value-string: (value-string-content | template)*

value-string-content: (value-string-text | value-string-escaped-char)*

value-string-text: ~[#\n\\]+

value-string-escaped-char: "\\" ("#" | "\\" | "\b" | "\f" | "\n" | "\r" | "\t" | "\u" unicode-char )


oneline-string: "`" (oneline-string-content | template)* "`"

oneline-string-content: (oneline-string-text | oneline-string-escaped-char)*

oneline-string-text: ~[#\n\\] ~"`"

oneline-string-escaped-char: "\\" ("`" | "#" | "\\" | "b" | "f" | "u" unicode-char )


multiline-string:
  "```" multiline-string-type? lt
  (multiline-string-content | template)* lt
  "```"

multiline-string-type:
    "base64"
  | "hex"
  | "json"
  | "xml"
  | "graphql"

multiline-string-content: (multiline-string-text | multiline-string-escaped-char)*

multiline-string-text:  ~[\\]+ ~"```"

multiline-string-escaped-char: "\\" ( "\\" | "b" | "f" | "n" | "r" | "t" | "`" | "u" unicode-char)

filename: (filename-content | template)*

filename-content: (filename-text | filename-escaped-char)*

filename-text: ~[#; \n\\]+

filename-escaped-char: "\\" (";" | "#" | [ ])


unicode-char: "{" hexdigit+ "}"



# JSON

json-value:
    template
  | json-object
  | json-array
  | json-string
  | json-number
  | boolean
  | null

json-object: "{" json-key-value ("," json-key-value)* "}"

json-key-value: json-string ":" json-value

json-array: "[" json-value ("," json-value)* "]"

json-string: "\"" (json-string-content | template)* "\""

json-string-content: json-string-text | json-string-escaped-char

json-string-text: ~["\\]

json-string-escaped-char:
    "\\" ("\"" | "\\" | "b" | "f" | "n" | "r" | "t" | "u" hexdigit hexdigit hexdigit hexdigit)

json-number: integer fraction? exponent?


# Template / Expression

template: "{{" expr "}}"

expr: variable-name (sp filter)*

variable-name: [A-Za-z] [A-Za-z_-0-9]*


# Filter

filter:
    count-filter
  | html-escape-filter
  | html-unescape-filter
  | nth-filter
  | regex-filter
  | replace-filter
  | split-filter
  | to-int-filter
  | url-decode-filter
  | url-encode-filter

count-filter: "count"

html-escape-filter: "htmlEscape"

html-unescape-filter: "htmlUnescape"

nth-filter: "nth" sp integer

regex-filter: "regex" sp (quoted-string | regex)

replace-filter: "replace" sp (quoted-string | regex) sp quoted-string

split-filter: "split" sp quoted-string

to-int-filter: "toInt"

url-decode-filter: "urlDecode"

url-encode-filter: "urlEncode"


# Lexical Grammar

boolean: "true" | "false"

null: "null"

alphanum: [A-Za-z0-9]

integer: digit+

float: integer fraction

digit: [0-9]

hexdigit: [0-9A-Fa-f]

fraction: "." digit+

exponent: ("e" | "E") ("+"|"-")? digit+

sp: [ \t]

lt: sp* comment? [\n]?

comment: "#" ~[\n]*

regex: "/" regex-content "/"

regex-content: (regex-text|regex-escaped-char)*

regex-text: ~[\n\/]+

regex-escaped-char: "\\" ~[\n]