Tool 120: HTTP POST
Description:
This tool sends a HTTP request using method POST. HTTP protocol
defines POST method to retrieve a document, giving some more
parameters. For example, 'http://server/index.s?v=a1&v=2' can be
converted to a POST request with '--uri http://server/index.s' and
'--parameters v=a1&v=2'.
Please note & is a special shell character, so it has to be escaped.
Parameter --uri is the uri/url requested.
Parameters --proxy-ip, --proxy-port, --proxy-login and
--proxy-password defines the web proxy and credentials.
Parameter --user-agent defines the client name to send. For example
'Mozilla/5.0'.
Parameter --display-status indicates to display status code of reply
to screen.
Parameter --display-headers indicates to display reply headers.
Parameter --file-headers indicates the filename where to store
headers.
Parameter --display-body indicates to display reply body.
Parameter --file-body indicates the filename where to store body.
Synonyms:
web
Usage:
netwox 120 -u uri [-a data] [-s|+s] [-h|+h] [-b|+b] [-p ip] [-P port] [-l login] [-L password] [-U useragent] [-H file] [-B file] [-T uint32]
Parameters:
parameter |
description |
example |
-u|--uri uri |
url/uri to download |
http://www.example.com/ |
-a|--parameters data |
parameters |
|
-s|--display-status|+s|--no-display-status |
display statuscode to screen |
|
-h|--display-headers|+h|--no-display-headers |
display headers to screen |
|
-b|--display-body|+b|--no-display-body |
display body to screen |
|
-p|--proxy-ip ip |
IP address of proxy |
5.6.7.8 |
-P|--proxy-port port |
port of proxy |
3128 |
-l|--proxy-login login |
login of proxy |
|
-L|--proxy-password password |
password of proxy |
|
-U|--user-agent useragent |
user agent |
Mozilla/5.0 |
-H|--file-headers file |
file receiving headers |
filehdr.txt |
-B|--file-body file |
file receiving body |
filebody.txt |
-T|--timeout uint32 |
timeout in ms |
60000 |
Examples:
netwox 120 -u "http://www.example.com/"
netwox 120 --uri "http://www.example.com/"