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=== Redirect checker ===
* [https://wheregoes.com/ Link Checker | Redirect Checker - WhereGoes] {{Gd}}
Curl command
<pre>
curl -sI -L "https://example.com/" | grep -i "^location:"
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This command '''traces the redirect chain of a URL''', printing only the destination of each redirect step. Here's the breakdown:
<code>curl -sI -L "https://example.com/"</code>
* '''<code>curl</code>''': a tool for sending HTTP requests
* '''<code>-s</code>''' (silent): quiet mode, suppresses progress bars and other status info
* '''<code>-I</code>''' (capital, <code>--head</code>): fetches only the '''HTTP headers''', not the page body — faster
* '''<code>-L</code>''' (<code>--location</code>): if the server responds with a 3xx redirect status code (like 301, 302, 307), curl will '''automatically follow''' the new URL and keep requesting until it reaches the final page (or hits the redirect limit)
* '''<code>"https://example.com/"</code>''': the target URL to query
So this sends a HEAD request for each redirect step along the way, and prints all the response headers, which might look like:
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HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://www.example.com/
...
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
...
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<code>| grep -i "^location:"</code>
* '''<code>|</code>''': pipes curl's output into <code>grep</code>
* '''<code>grep -i</code>''': searches text, <code>-i</code> means case-insensitive (so it matches both <code>Location:</code> and <code>location:</code>)
* '''<code>"^location:"</code>''': <code>^</code> means '''start of line''', so it only picks lines that '''begin with''' <code>location:</code> — that is, the new destination URL specified by the redirect header
This command will:
# Send a request to the target URL, fetching only headers
# Automatically follow any redirects
# Filter out every <code>Location:</code> line — i.e., the destination URL of '''each''' redirect step


=== other tools ===
=== other tools ===
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== HTTP & HTTPS Proxy ==
== HTTP & HTTPS Proxy ==
* [https://mitmproxy.org/ mitmproxy - an interactive HTTPS proxy] ([https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/blob/main/LICENSE MIT license] {{Gd}}) on {{Win}}, {{Mac}} & {{Linux}}<ref>[https://docs.mitmproxy.org/stable/overview/installation/ Installation]</ref>
* [https://portswigger.net/burp Burp Suite - Application Security Testing Software - PortSwigger]
* ''$'' [https://www.charlesproxy.com/ Charles Web Debugging Proxy • HTTP Monitor / HTTP Proxy / HTTPS & SSL Proxy / Reverse Proxy] on {{Mac}}
* ''$'' [https://www.charlesproxy.com/ Charles Web Debugging Proxy • HTTP Monitor / HTTP Proxy / HTTPS & SSL Proxy / Reverse Proxy] on {{Mac}}
* ''$'' [https://www.telerik.com/fiddler Fiddler - Web Debugging Proxy - Telerik] on {{Win}}, {{Mac}} & {{Linux}}
* ''$'' [https://www.telerik.com/fiddler Fiddler - Web Debugging Proxy - Telerik] on {{Win}}, {{Mac}} & {{Linux}}
* ''$'' [https://proxyman.io/ Proxyman · Native, Modern Web Debugging Proxy · Inspect network from Mac, iOS, Android devices with ease]


== Web page compression check ==
== Web page compression check ==
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