""" This script simply prints all received HTTP Trailers. HTTP requests and responses can container trailing headers which are sent after the body is fully transmitted. Such trailers need to be announced in the initial headers by name, so the receiving endpoint can wait and read them after the body. """ from mitmproxy import http from mitmproxy.net.http import Headers def request(flow: http.HTTPFlow): if flow.request.trailers: print("HTTP Trailers detected! Request contains:", flow.request.trailers) if flow.request.path == "/inject_trailers": if flow.request.is_http10: # HTTP/1.0 doesn't support trailers return elif flow.request.is_http11: if not flow.request.content: # Avoid sending a body on GET requests or a 0 byte chunked body with trailers. # Otherwise some servers return 400 Bad Request. return # HTTP 1.1 requires transfer-encoding: chunked to send trailers flow.request.headers["transfer-encoding"] = "chunked" # HTTP 2+ supports trailers on all requests/responses flow.request.headers["trailer"] = "x-my-injected-trailer-header" flow.request.trailers = Headers([ (b"x-my-injected-trailer-header", b"foobar") ]) print("Injected a new request trailer...", flow.request.headers["trailer"]) def response(flow: http.HTTPFlow): assert flow.response # make type checker happy if flow.response.trailers: print("HTTP Trailers detected! Response contains:", flow.response.trailers) if flow.request.path == "/inject_trailers": if flow.request.is_http10: return elif flow.request.is_http11: if not flow.response.content: return flow.response.headers["transfer-encoding"] = "chunked" flow.response.headers["trailer"] = "x-my-injected-trailer-header" flow.response.trailers = Headers([ (b"x-my-injected-trailer-header", b"foobar") ]) print("Injected a new response trailer...", flow.response.headers["trailer"])