Pactester
A CLI tool to easily test PAC/WPAD files in a cross-platform way.
It provides a straightforward command-line interface to check the outgoing proxy for a given host or URL.
Features
- Support for loading PAC/WPAD files from remote WPAD URLs or local file paths
- Configuration via config file and CLI parameters
- Optional automatic DNS checking
- Caching for improved performance on repeated queries
- Clear output with adjustable verbosity levels
- Compatible with Windows and Linux
- Verbose and debug modes
Documentation
You can find the full documentation on Read the Docs.
Installation
Pactester can be installed using pip:
pip install pactester
You can also download the wheel file from the releases page.
License
This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0).
You are free to use, modify, and distribute this software under the terms of the license.
See the LICENSE file for full details.
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