ptmethods 1.0.1

HTTP methods testing tool

PTMETHODS

HTTP methods testing tool

• Script retrieves methods offered by server from OPTIONS request
• Script sends GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, OPTIONS, HEAD, TRACE, DEBUG, FOO headers and returns server response
• Script tests CONNECT method by connecting to URL at ports 80, 443
• Script tests if domain can be used as a proxy

Installation

pip install ptmethods

Add to PATH

If you cannot invoke the script in your terminal, its probably because its not in your PATH. Fix it by running commands below.

Add to PATH for Bash

echo "export PATH=\"`python3 -m site --user-base`/bin:\$PATH\"" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Add to PATH for ZSH

echo "export PATH=\"`python3 -m site --user-base`/bin:\$PATH\"" >> ~/.zshhrc
source ~/.zshhrc

Usage examples

Optimally use this script against homepage, any image and sources protected by HTTP authentication

ptmethods -u https://www.example.com/
ptmethods -u https://www.example.com/ -r
ptmethods -u https://www.example.com/index.php -sr -sh
ptmethods -u https://www.example.com/index.php -c PHPSESSID=abcdef
ptmethods -f URL_list.txt

Options

-u   --url            <url>           Test specified URL
-f   --file           <file>          Load URLs from file
-sh  --show-headers                   Show response headers
-sr  --show-response                  Show response text
-p   --proxy          <proxy>         Set proxy (e.g. http://127.0.0.1:8080)
-T   --timeout                        Set timeout (default 10)
-c   --cookie         <cookie>        Set cookie
-ua  --user-agent     <ua>            Set User-Agent header
-H   --headers        <header:value>  Set custom header(s)
-r   --redirects                      Follow redirects (default False)
-c   --cache                          Cache requests (load from tmp in future)
-v   --version                        Show script version and exit
-h   --help                           Show this help message and exit
-j   --json                           Output in JSON format

Dependencies

requests
ptlibs

Version History

1.0.1
    - Fix urllib3 error
1.0.0
    - Support for ptlibs v1.0.0
    - Code refactorization
0.0.2 - 0.0.4
    - Implemented proxy and connect tests
0.0.1 - 0.0.3
    Alpha releases

License

Copyright (c) 2023 Penterep Security s.r.o.

ptmethods is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

ptmethods is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with ptmethods. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Warning

You are only allowed to run the tool against the websites which you have been given permission to pentest. We do not accept any responsibility for any damage/harm that this application causes to your computer, or your network. Penterep is not responsible for any illegal or malicious use of this code. Be Ethical!