HTTP🕸️Rex🦖

httpRex is a command-line tool for checking the status code of one or multiple URLs. It can also save the output to a file.

Saikat Karmakar | 7 Mar : 2023

🚀 Features

Check the status code of one or multiple URLs
Print the status code of each URL with coloured output
Save the output to a file in either text or JSON format
It's freaking fast

💾 Requirements

- Go 1.19.5 or higher

🛠️ Installation

Using go install

go install github.com/aviksaikat/httpRex@latest

Build from source

go build httpRex.go
./httpRex

🤖 Usage

httpRex -h

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

bin/httpRex -h

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Author: avik_saikat
Github: https://github.com/aviksaikat
Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/aviksaikat


Usage of bin/httpRex:
      --banner             Print banner
      --f string           File containing URLs to check
      --file-type string   Output file type (text or json) (default "text")
      --l strings          URLs comma, space separated
      --o string           Save output to file
      --status-code        Print status code of each URL
      --u string           Single URL to check

Update 1.1

Now you can pass data from stdin
cat urls.txt | httpRex

Passing an url from the command line

httpRex --u https://google.com

httpRex --u https://google.com

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Author: avik_saikat
Github: https://github.com/aviksaikat
Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/aviksaikat

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https://google.com

With `--status-code` option

httpRex --u https://google.com --status-code

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Author: avik_saikat
Github: https://github.com/aviksaikat
Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/aviksaikat

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https://google.com [200]

Passing a file containing list of URLs(one per line) with status code

httpRex --f test --status-code

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Author: avik_saikat
Github: https://github.com/aviksaikat
Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/aviksaikat

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http://ryot.org/as-summer-seafood-season-approaches-four-letters-for-consumers-to-remember/211641 [404]
http://ryot.org/amazon-deforestation-nasa-images-show-the-great-rain-forest-disappearing/ [404]
http://ryot.org/ask [404]
http://ryot.org/bodyteam12/css/font/BEBAS___-webfont.eot [404]
http://ryot.org/ads.txt [404]
http://ryot.org/bodyteam12/css/font/BEBAS___-webfont.svg [404]
http://ryot.org/bacha-bazi-afg [404]
http://ryot.org/argentinas-coast-guard-catches-chinese-trawlers-poaching-squid/108797 [404]
http://ryot.org/body-matching-phoenix-shooting-suspect-arthur-douglas-harmon-found-in-bushes/65554%E2%80%99 [404]
http://ryot.org/afghanistan-bomber-kills-14-including-3-americans/ [404]
http://ryot.org/admin-ajax.php [404]
http://ryot.org/bodyteam12/css/fancybox.css [404]
http://ryot.org/bodyteam12 [404]
http://ryot.org/big-easy-express-nominated-for-grammy/29882 [404]
http://ryot.org/about [404]
http://ryot.org/aleppo-clashes-spark-rise-in-refugees/ [404]
http://ryot.org/5-things-millennials-know-sen-rand-paul/936478%E2%80%99 [404]
http://ryot.org/bacha-bazi-afghanistan-pashtun-child-abuse-christian-stephen/912777%E2%80%99 [404]
http://email.ryot.org/robots.txt [200]
http://email.ryot.org/ [200]

Passing a file containing list of URLs(one per line)

httpRex --f test

httpRex --f test              

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Author: avik_saikat
Github: https://github.com/aviksaikat
Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/aviksaikat

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http://email.ryot.org/robots.txt

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