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Overview
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htdump is DEPRECATED - Please use 'curl' instead.
Short: htdump is a linux tool to retrieve WWW data.
HTdump is an automation utility to retrieve URLs and write them
to a file, or process them through a pipeline. It is also a very
usefull tool for web developer who work low level, for example
with CGI binaries. This makes a perfect debugging tool, since it
allows usual but also rfc-illegal operations. Packet level
debugging is included in this tool.
HTdump supports SSL (via OpenSSL if included during compile time)
By using 'https://' at the beginning of the requested URL, SSL is
turned on, and port 443 is presumed, although port can still be
changed. Otherwise SSL is off, and port 80 is presumed.
Username and password (basic) authentication is supported and can
be entered with the URL. Empty usernames or passwords are allowed.
You can use other commands then the standard GET, for example, use
the HEAD command with an URL to find out how big a document or file
is.
Form data posting is allowed with the -post option. The data is send
as x-www-form-urlencoded data (standard with form data). The length
is automatically calculated and taken up in the headers. Use the debug
option to examine what exactly gets send. Using the -post option
overrides a -command option.
The HTML protocol can either be 'raw' (without any version info
transmitted) or versions 1.0 and 1.1. Please note that some www
servers react badly to raw requests. Also some options can only
be used with the 1.1 protocol version. If contacting a server
that is virtual hosting, select version 1.1.
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