_  _ _   _            _                       
 | || | |_| |_ _ __ ___| |_ _ _ __ _ __ ___ _ _ 
 | __ |  _|  _| '_ \___|  _| '_/ _` / _/ -_) '_|
 |_||_|\__|\__| .__/    \__|_| \__,_\__\___|_|  
 

HTTP-Tracer

A python script for ascertaining the redirection path taken when accessing a URL

HTTP-Tracer takes a URL and returns all redirects. It will report the status code of each hop, and time taken to get its response. HTTP-Tracer by default returns a simple output to quickly ascertain the number of hops. Given the --full flag, it will return all the headers, cookies and redirects for each hop.

Installation

pip install http-tracer

Requirements

click==7.0
colorama
requests
tld

Usage example

Default output

Extended or Full output

http-tracer http://nyti.ms/1QETHgV --full 

  _  _ _   _            _                       
 | || | |_| |_ _ __ ___| |_ _ _ __ _ __ ___ _ _ 
 | __ |  _|  _| '_ \___|  _| '_/ _` / _/ -_) '_|
 |_||_|\__|\__| .__/    \__|_| \__,_\__\___|_|  
              |_|                              v 2019.7.2
    
[301] HTTP/1.1 GET http://nyti.ms/1QETHgV (625ms)  (cookies: 1)
[301] HTTP/1.1 GET http://trib.al/CPCEesg (606ms)  
[301] HTTP/1.1 GET http://nyti.ms/1Vsrnxp (283ms)  (cookies: 1)
[301] HTTP/1.1 GET http://bit.ly/1Vsrnxp?cc=af6dee160d88d673c6405cdf3785f1c8 (605ms)  (cookies: 1)
[301] HTTP/1.1 GET http://trib.al/YRVrqbr (386ms)  
[301] HTTP/1.1 GET http://nyti.ms/1QDeeSW (386ms)  
[301] HTTP/1.1 GET http://trib.al/HFpblHd (298ms)  
[301] HTTP/1.1 GET http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/27/nyregion/what-happened-to-jane-mayer-when-she-wrote-about-the-koch-brothers.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur (97ms)  (cookies: 1)
[200] HTTP/1.1 GET https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/27/nyregion/what-happened-to-jane-mayer-when-she-wrote-about-the-koch-brothers.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur (183ms)  (cookies: 2)

HTTP-Tracer finished in 3473ms over 9 hops

[!]    START FULL OUTPUT       [!]

********* HOP NUMBER: 1 **********

##################################
             HEADERS              
##################################

Server: nginx
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2018 04:29:32 GMT
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 109
Connection: keep-alive
Cache-Control: private, max-age=90
Location: http://trib.al/CPCEesg
Set-Cookie: _bit=i884tw-be8cfc26d277036c01-008; Domain=nyti.ms; Expires=Thu, 07 Mar 2019 04:29:32 GMT
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=1209600

##################################
             COOKIES              
##################################

Cookie: _bit=i884tw-be8cfc26d277036c01-008; Domain=nyti.ms; Expires=Thu, 07 Mar 2019 04:29:32 GMT


##################################
             REDIRECTION              
##################################

Request for: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/27/nyregion/what-happened-to-jane-mayer-when-she-wrote-about-the-koch-brothers.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
Redirected to http://trib.al/CPCEesg

********* HOP NUMBER: 2 **********

.. SNIP ..


!! FINAL DESTINATION !!
URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/27/nyregion/what-happened-to-jane-mayer-when-she-wrote-about-the-koch-brothers.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
Status Code: 200

Release History

v 19.7.1

• Update to Click 7.0
• Provide IP Address for each hop.
• Headers are coloured for easier reading.
• Users no longer need to enter http:// or https:// protocol.

v 19.2.1

• Pin Click 6.7 due to breaking changes within its new API

v 18.9.1

• Stable release

v 18.8.2rc1

• Bug fixes

v 18.8.1

• Work in progress

Contributing

1. Fork it (https://github.com/yourname/yourproject/fork)
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/fooBar)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some fooBar')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/fooBar)
5. Create a new Pull Request

Attribution & Motivation

This is a blatant python rip off of Robin Wood and PaulSec's previous work. Kudos to Watson/http-traceroute for his formatting and styling, check his great JS libraries!