PTMETHODS - HTTP Methods Testing Tool

• Script retrieves methods offered by server from OPTIONS request
• Script sends GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, OPTIONS, HEAD, TRACE, DEBUG, FOO headers and returns server response
• Script tests CONNECT method by connecting to URL at ports 80, 443
• Script tests if domain can be used as a proxy

Installation

pip install ptmethods

Adding to PATH

If you're unable to invoke the script from your terminal, it's likely because it's not included in your PATH. You can resolve this issue by executing the following commands, depending on the shell you're using:

For Bash Users

echo "export PATH=\"`python3 -m site --user-base`/bin:\$PATH\"" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

For ZSH Users

echo "export PATH=\"`python3 -m site --user-base`/bin:\$PATH\"" >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

Usage examples

Optimally use this script against homepage, any image and sources protected by HTTP authentication

ptmethods -u https://www.example.com/
ptmethods -u https://www.example.com/ -r
ptmethods -u https://www.example.com/index.php -sr -sh
ptmethods -u https://www.example.com/index.php -c PHPSESSID=abcdef
ptmethods -f urlList.txt

Options

-u   --url                  <url>           Test specified URL
-f   --file                 <file>          Load URLs from file
-sh  --show-headers                         Show response headers
-sr  --show-response                        Show response text
-T   --timeout                              Set timeout (default 10)
-p   --proxy                <proxy>         Set proxy (e.g. http://127.0.0.1:8080)
-ua  --user-agent           <ua>            Set User-Agent header
-c   --cookie               <cookie>        Set cookie
-H   --headers              <header:value>  Set custom header(s)
-r   --redirects                            Follow redirects (default False)
-c   --cache                                Cache requests (load from tmp in future)
-b   --check-basic-methods                  Skip creating JSON nodes (used with --json option)
-v   --version                              Show script version and exit
-h   --help                                 Show this help message and exit
-j   --json                                 Output in JSON format

Dependencies

ptlibs

License

Copyright (c) 2025 Penterep Security s.r.o.

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

ptmethods 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 General Public License for more details.

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

Warning

You are only allowed to run the tool against the websites which you have been given permission to pentest. We do not accept any responsibility for any damage/harm that this application causes to your computer, or your network. Penterep is not responsible for any illegal or malicious use of this code. Be Ethical!