I get "Errors: The header content contains invalid characters: 127"

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I get "Errors: The header content contains invalid characters: 127"

Closed this issue 7 years ago · 3 comments

blueelvis commented 7 years ago

When using the {{naughtyString}} in the Header section, I get the following -

Any idea what could be happening?

Answer 1 · 2018-04-06T14:19:49.000Z

Node.js HTTP library does not allow special characters in headers, nothing we can do about it I'm afraid.

Answer 2 · 2018-04-06T14:26:10.000Z

@hassy - But then don't you think that this is kind of a major limitation? I need to fuzz headers as well :(

Answer 3 · 2018-04-06T14:42:03.000Z

It is a limitation but not major enough for us to warrant writing a custom HTTP client. If you need to fuzz headers, you can try combining naughty strings with something like nc.