pyhttptracer

Description

A simple Python script to trace HTTP redirects, by spoofing actual browsers with curl_cffi.

Usage

$ pip install pyhttptracer

$ pyhttptracer  -h
usage: pyhttptracer [-h] [-i INPUT_FILE] [-o OUTPUT_FILE] [-n]
                       [-d {desktop_and_mobile,desktop,mobile}] [-p PROXY]
                       [-w MAX_WORKERS]
                       [URL]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

Input parameters:
  URL                   Single URL target given as a positional argument
  -i INPUT_FILE, --input-file INPUT_FILE
                        Input file

Output parameters:
  -o OUTPUT_FILE, --output-file OUTPUT_FILE
                        Output file (default "./traced_redirects.txt")
  -n, --no-verbose      Do not display the chain (default "False")

Connection parameters:
  -d {desktop_and_mobile,desktop,mobile}, --device {desktop_and_mobile,desktop,mobile}
                        Device(s) to use: "desktop_and_mobile", "desktop",
                        "mobile" (default: "desktop_and_mobile")
  -p PROXY, --proxy PROXY
                        Proxy configuration (e.g "-p 'http://127.0.0.1:8080',
                        use "socks5h" scheme to make the proxy resolve DNS
                        requests")
  -w MAX_WORKERS, --max-workers MAX_WORKERS
                        Number of parallel workers (default 10)

Examples

$ pyhttptracer "https://httpbingo.org/absolute-redirect/6"
[+] "https://httpbingo.org/absolute-redirect/6" | desktop
302 | location header   -> "https://httpbingo.org/absolute-redirect/5"
302 | location header   -> "https://httpbingo.org/absolute-redirect/4"
302 | location header   -> "https://httpbingo.org/absolute-redirect/3"
302 | location header   -> "https://httpbingo.org/absolute-redirect/2"
302 | location header   -> "https://httpbingo.org/absolute-redirect/1"
302 | location header   -> "https://httpbingo.org/get"
200 | final             -> "https://httpbingo.org/get"

[+] "https://httpbingo.org/absolute-redirect/6" | mobile
302 | location header   -> "https://httpbingo.org/absolute-redirect/5"
302 | location header   -> "https://httpbingo.org/absolute-redirect/4"
302 | location header   -> "https://httpbingo.org/absolute-redirect/3"
302 | location header   -> "https://httpbingo.org/absolute-redirect/2"
302 | location header   -> "https://httpbingo.org/absolute-redirect/1"
302 | location header   -> "https://httpbingo.org/get"
200 | final             -> "https://httpbingo.org/get"

$ cat traced_redirects.txt
https://httpbingo.org/absolute-redirect/5
https://httpbingo.org/absolute-redirect/4
https://httpbingo.org/absolute-redirect/3
https://httpbingo.org/absolute-redirect/2
https://httpbingo.org/absolute-redirect/1
https://httpbingo.org/get

Changelog

• version 1.1 - 2026-07-04: Fixes
• version 1.0 - 2026-06-28: First commit

Copyright and license

All trademarks, service marks, trade names and product names appearing on this repository are the property of their respective owners

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

pyhttptracer 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.

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

Contact

• Thomas Debize < tdebize at mail d0t com >