mitmproxy

Start mitmproxy with default settings

$ mitmproxy

$ mitmproxy -b [ip_address] -p [port]

mitmproxy [options]

mitmproxy is a console tool that allows interactive examination and modification of HTTP traffic. It differs from mitmdump in that all flows are kept in memory, which means that it's intended for taking and manipulating small-ish samples. Use the ? shortcut key to view, context-sensitive documentation from any mitmproxy screen.

Optional Arguments

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--version

show program's version number and exit

-b ADDR

Address to bind proxy to (defaults to all interfaces)

--anticache

Strip out request headers that might cause the server to return 304-not-modified.

--confdir CONFDIR

Configuration directory. (~/.mitmproxy)

-e

Show event log.

-n

Don't start a proxy server.

-p PORT

Proxy service port.

-P REVERSE_PROXY

Reverse proxy to upstream server: http[s]://host[:port]

-F FORWARD_PROXY

Proxy to unconditionally forward to: http[s]://host[:port]

-q

Quiet.

-r RFILE

Read flows from file.

-s "script.py --bar"

Run a script. Surround with quotes to pass script arguments. Can be passed multiple times.

-t FILTER

Set sticky cookie filter. Matched against requests.

-T

Set transparent proxy mode.

-u FILTER

Set sticky auth filter. Matched against requests.

-v

Increase verbosity. Can be passed multiple times.

-w WFILE

Write flows to file.

-z

Try to convince servers to send us un-compressed data.

-Z SIZE

Byte size limit of HTTP request and response bodies. Understands k/m/g suffixes, i.e. 3m for 3 megabytes.

--host

Use the Host header to construct URLs for display.

--no-upstream-cert

Don't connect to upstream server to look up certificate details.

--debug

Enable debug information.

--palette PALETTE

Select color palette: dark, light, solarized_dark, solarized_light

Web App

-a

Disable the mitmproxy web app.

--app-host host

Domain to serve the app from. For transparent mode, use an IP when a DNS entry for the app domain is not present. Default: mitm.it

--app-port 80

Port to serve the app from.

--app-external

Serve the app outside of the proxy.

Client Replay

-c PATH

Replay client requests from a saved file.

Server Replay

-S PATH

Replay server responses from a saved file.

-k

Kill extra requests during replay.

--rheader RHEADERS

Request headers to be considered during replay. Can be passed multiple times.

--norefresh

Disable response refresh, which updates times in cookies and headers for replayed responses.

--no-pop

Disable response pop from response flow. This makes it possible to replay same response multiple times.

Replacements

Replacements are of the form "/pattern/regex/replacement", where the separator can be any character. Please see the documentation for more information.

--replace PATTERN

Replacement pattern.

--replace-from-file PATH

Replacement pattern, where the replacement clause is a path to a file.

Set Headers

Header specifications are of the form "/pattern/header/value", where the separator can be any character. Please see the documentation for more information.

--setheader PATTERN

Header set pattern.

Proxy Authentication

Specify which users are allowed to access the proxy and the method used for authenticating them. These options are ignored if the proxy is in transparent or reverse proxy mode.

--nonanonymous

Allow access to any user long as a credentials are specified.

--singleuser USER

Allows access to a a single user, specified in the form username:password.

--htpasswd PATH

Allow access to users specified in an Apache htpasswd file.

SSL

--cert

CERT User-created SSL certificate file.

--client-certs CLIENTCERTS

Client certificate directory.

Filters

See help in mitmproxy for filter expression syntax.

-i INTERCEPT, --intercept INTERCEPT

Intercept filter expression.

mitmproxy was written by Aldo Cortesi.

This manual page was written by Alex Chernyakhovsky achernya@mit.edu for the Debian GNU/Linux system, but its use elsewhere is encouraged.

mitmproxy documentation and examples are available online at http://mitmproxy.org/doc/mitmproxy.html.