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+# Description
+
+Test http URI detection with spaces in it
+
+# PCAP
+
+The pcap comes from the idea in
+https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/2881
+You can reproduce a similar behavior with running a server and curl against it
+`python3 -m http.server`
+`curl "127.0.0.1:8000/uri afterspace"`
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+alert http any any -> any any (msg:"uri with space and after"; flow:established,to_server; content:" afterspace"; http_uri; sid:1; rev:1;)
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+requires:
+  min-version: 7.0.0
+
+# disables checksum verification
+args:
+  - -k none
+
+checks:
+  - filter:
+      count: 1
+      match:
+        event_type: alert
+        alert.signature_id: 1