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httpx is a fast and multi-purpose HTTP toolkit that allows running multiple probes using the retryablehttp library. It is designed to maintain result reliability with an increased number of threads.

Features

• Simple and modular code base making it easy to contribute.
• Fast And fully configurable flags to probe multiple elements.
• Supports multiple HTTP based probings.
• Smart auto fallback from https to http by default.
• Supports hosts, URLs and CIDR as input.
• Handles edge cases doing retries, backoffs etc for handling WAFs.

Supported probes

Probes	Default check	Probes	Default check
URL	true	IP	true
Title	true	CNAME	true
Status Code	true	Raw HTTP	false
Content Length	true	HTTP2	false
TLS Certificate	true	HTTP Pipeline	false
CSP Header	true	Virtual host	false
Line Count	true	Word Count	true
Location Header	true	CDN	false
Web Server	true	Paths	false
Web Socket	true	Ports	false
Response Time	true	Request Method	true
Favicon Hash	false	Probe Status	false
Body Hash	true	Header Hash	true
Redirect chain	false	URL Scheme	true
JARM Hash	false	ASN	false

Installation Instructions

httpx requires go >=1.26.10 to install successfully. Run the following command to get the repo:

go install -v github.com/projectdiscovery/httpx/cmd/httpx@latest

To learn more about installing httpx, see https://docs.projectdiscovery.io/tools/httpx/install.

❗ Disclaimer
This project is in active development. Expect breaking changes with releases. Review the changelog before updating.
This project was primarily built to be used as a standalone CLI tool. Running it as a service may pose security risks. It's recommended to use with caution and additional security measures.

Usage

httpx -h

This will display help for the tool. Here are all the switches it supports.

httpx is a fast and multi-purpose HTTP toolkit that allows running multiple probes using the retryablehttp library.

Usage:
  ./httpx [flags]

Flags:
INPUT:
   -l, -list string              input file containing list of hosts to process
   -rr, -request string          file containing raw request
   -u, -target string[]          input target host(s) to probe
   -im, -input-mode string       mode of input file (burp)

PROBES:
   -sc, -status-code                      display response status-code
   -cl, -content-length                   display response content-length
   -ct, -content-type                     display response content-type
   -location                              display response redirect location
   -favicon                               display mmh3 hash for '/favicon.ico' file
   -hash string                           display response body hash (supported: md5,mmh3,simhash,sha1,sha256,sha512)
   -jarm                                  display jarm fingerprint hash
   -rt, -response-time                    display response time
   -lc, -line-count                       display response body line count
   -wc, -word-count                       display response body word count
   -title                                 display page title
   -bp, -body-preview                     display first N characters of response body (default 100)
   -server, -web-server                   display server name
   -td, -tech-detect                      display technology in use based on wappalyzer dataset
   -cff, -custom-fingerprint-file string  path to a custom fingerprint file for technology detection
   -kb, -knowledge-base                   enable knowledge base classification
   -method                                display http request method
   -ws, -websocket                        display server using websocket
   -ip                                    display host ip
   -cname                                 display host cname
   -extract-fqdn, -efqdn                  get domain and subdomains from response body and header in jsonl/csv output
   -asn                                   display host asn information
   -cdn                                   display cdn/waf in use (default true)
   -probe                                 display probe status

HEADLESS:
   -ss, -screenshot                 enable saving screenshot of the page using headless browser
   -system-chrome                   enable using local installed chrome for screenshot
   -ho, -headless-options string[]  start headless chrome with additional options
   -esb, -exclude-screenshot-bytes  enable excluding screenshot bytes from json output
   -ehb, -exclude-headless-body     enable excluding headless header from json output
   -no-screenshot-full-page         disable saving full page screenshot
   -st, -screenshot-timeout value   set timeout for screenshot in seconds (default 10s)
   -sid, -screenshot-idle value     set idle time before taking screenshot in seconds (default 1s)
   -jsc, -javascript-code string[]  execute JavaScript code after navigation