Function http_request

scapy/layers/http.py:978–1017

Util to perform an HTTP request. :param host: the host to connect to :param path: the path of the request (default /) :param port: the port (default 80/443) :param timeout: timeout before None is returned :param display: display the result in the default browser (default Fa

(
    host, path="/", port=None, timeout=3, display=False, tls=False, verbose=0, **headers
)

def http_request(
    host, path="/", port=None, timeout=3, display=False, tls=False, verbose=0, **headers
):
    """
    Util to perform an HTTP request.

    :param host: the host to connect to
    :param path: the path of the request (default /)
    :param port: the port (default 80/443)
    :param timeout: timeout before None is returned
    :param display: display the result in the default browser (default False)
    :param iface: interface to use. Changing this turns on "raw"
    :param headers: any additional headers passed to the request

    :returns: the HTTPResponse packet
    """
    client = HTTP_Client(HTTP_AUTH_MECHS.NONE, verb=verbose)
    if port is None:
        port = 443 if tls else 80
    ans = client.request(
        "http%s://%s:%s%s" % (tls and "s" or "", host, port, path),
        timeout=timeout,
    )

    if ans:
        if display:
            if Raw not in ans:
                warning("No HTTP content returned. Cannot display")
                return ans
            # Write file
            file = get_temp_file(autoext=".html")
            with open(file, "wb") as fd:
                fd.write(ans.load)
            # Open browser
            if WINDOWS:
                os.startfile(file)
            else:
                with ContextManagerSubprocess(conf.prog.universal_open):
                    subprocess.Popen([conf.prog.universal_open, file])
        return ans


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