Adding a hidden switch --dummy used for dummy runs (getPage() returns random data) - usefull for testing purposes for skipping connections

lib/controller/checks.py

@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ def checkNullConnection():
     return kb.nullConnection is not None
 
 def checkConnection(suppressOutput=False):
-    if not any([conf.proxy, conf.tor]):
+    if not any((conf.proxy, conf.tor, conf.dummy)):
         try:
             socket.getaddrinfo(conf.hostname, None)
         except socket.gaierror:

lib/core/optiondict.py

@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ optDict = {
                                "verbose":           "integer",
                              },
             "Hidden": {
+                               "dummy":             "boolean",
                                "binaryFields":      "boolean",
                                "profile":           "boolean",
                                "cpuThrottle":       "integer",

lib/core/settings.py

@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ DUMMY_USER_PREFIX = "__dummy__"
 # Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC_8859-1
 DEFAULT_PAGE_ENCODING = "iso-8859-1"
 
+# URL used in dummy runs
+DUMMY_URL = "http://foo/bar?id=1"
+
 # System variables
 IS_WIN = subprocess.mswindows
 

lib/parse/cmdline.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from lib.core.common import getUnicode
 from lib.core.data import logger
 from lib.core.defaults import defaults
 from lib.core.settings import BASIC_HELP_ITEMS
+from lib.core.settings import DUMMY_URL
 from lib.core.settings import IS_WIN
 from lib.core.settings import MAX_HELP_OPTION_LENGTH
 
@@ -664,6 +665,9 @@ def cmdLineParser():
                                   help="Simple wizard interface for beginner users")
 
         # Hidden and/or experimental options
+        parser.add_option("--dummy", dest="dummy", action="store_true",
+                          help=SUPPRESS_HELP)
+
         parser.add_option("--pickled-options", dest="pickledOptions", help=SUPPRESS_HELP)
 
         parser.add_option("--profile", dest="profile", action="store_true",
@@ -760,6 +764,9 @@ def cmdLineParser():
             if sys.argv[i] == '-z':
                 expandMnemonics(sys.argv[i + 1], parser, args)
 
+        if args.dummy:
+            args.url = args.url or DUMMY_URL
+
         if not any((args.direct, args.url, args.logFile, args.bulkFile, args.googleDork, args.configFile, \
             args.requestFile, args.updateAll, args.smokeTest, args.liveTest, args.wizard, args.dependencies, \
             args.purgeOutput, args.pickledOptions)):

lib/request/connect.py

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ from lib.core.common import getRequestHeader
 from lib.core.common import getUnicode
 from lib.core.common import logHTTPTraffic
 from lib.core.common import randomizeParameterValue
+from lib.core.common import randomInt
+from lib.core.common import randomStr
 from lib.core.common import readInput
 from lib.core.common import removeReflectiveValues
 from lib.core.common import singleTimeLogMessage
@@ -181,6 +183,9 @@ class Connect(object):
         elif conf.cpuThrottle:
             cpuThrottle(conf.cpuThrottle)
 
+        if conf.dummy:
+            return randomStr(int(randomInt())), {}, int(randomInt())
+
         threadData = getCurrentThreadData()
         with kb.locks.request:
             kb.requestCounter += 1