dsh-http-debug


HTTP network debugging toolset for DeepSeek Harness (dsh).

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dsh-http-debug is a bundle (a distributable plugin) that adds a general-purpose HTTP client to dsh — with SSRF / private-network protection, per-session request history with replay, response inspection, and a zero-dependency CLI. It deliberately focuses on raw HTTP semantics (method, headers, body, status, timing, size) rather than page extraction: web_fetch/web_search turn documents into markdown; this plugin gives you the actual exchange.

Everything is a plugin — everything here is a plugin.

> This project is an original implementation. It follows the dsh bundle > specification (a npm package whose package.json declares a dsh.bundle > patch, ships a cordis.patch.yml, and exposes a plugin entry module), but it > is written from scratch and shares no code with any existing plugin.

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Table of contents

• [Features](#features)
• [Installation into dsh](#installation-into-dsh)
• [Model-facing tools](#model-facing-tools)
• [Configuration](#configuration)
• [SSRF protection](#ssrf-protection)
• [Response semantics](#response-semantics)
• [History](#history)
• [CLI](#cli)
• [Programmatic API](#programmatic-api)
• [Examples](#examples)
• [Development](#development)
• [License](#license)

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Features

1. General HTTP client - method / headers / body (UTF-8 text or Base64 binary) / timeout / redirect policy (follow_redirects, max_redirects). - Structured response: status, statusText, headers, body (UTF-8 text or Base64), timing, and captured size. 2. SSRF / private-network protection (secure by default) - Blocks loopback, RFC 1918 private, CGNAT, link-local, multicast, and other reserved IPv4/IPv6 ranges — including hosts that resolve to them and every redirect hop. - Whitelist (hosts, *.wildcards, IP literals, CIDRs) and config toggles. 3. Request history — an in-memory ring buffer keeps every request/response pair (with timing and size); entries can be listed, inspected, and replayed. 4. WAF-friendly — optional sane default User-Agent / Referer. 5. Response inspection — JSON validation, optional HAR 1.2 export, and a hard body-size cap so oversized responses never blow up the prompt/context. 6. Tooling — three dsh tools (http_request, http_history, http_rules) plus a standalone CLI with the same engine.

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Installation into dsh

The package self-describes as a bundle:

// package.json (this package)
{
  "dsh": { "bundle": { "patch": "./cordis.patch.yml" } }
}

cordis.patch.yml inserts one configuration row that mounts this package on ctx. The plugin entry module (lib/index.js) exports name, inject: ['tools'] and apply(ctx) and registers the three tools on ctx.tools.

Route A — add the bundle to a profile (recommended)

dsh manages a profile's out-of-tree plugins through dsh plugin, which forwards to the package manager inside the profile directory:

dsh plugin --profile <name> add dsh-http-debug

or straight from this repository:

dsh plugin --profile <name> add github:JohnXu22786/net-debug

(The profile is auto-initialized from its shipped template on first use; a custom name must be created via dsh plugin first.) The bundle's cordis.patch.yml is then applied as part of the profile composition.

For a manual/offline setup, edit the profile's manifest (package.json → dsh.profile.bundles) and add dsh-http-debug to the bundles list, and ensure the package is installed where the Loader can resolve it.

Route B — patch a profile's cordis.patch.yml manually

Add this to your profile's cordis.patch.yml (a bare name resolves through the Loader; make sure the package is installed where dsh can import it):

- insert:
  - id: http-debug
    name: 'dsh-http-debug'

To tune configuration for one profile, restate the fields you keep (a patch replaces the row's whole config):

- insert:
  - id: http-debug
    name: 'dsh-http-debug'
    config:
      ssrf:
        enabled: true
        blockPrivate: true
        blockLoopback: true
        blockLinkLocal: true
        blockReserved: true
        whitelist:
          - 'localhost'
          - '127.0.0.1'
      client:
        timeoutMs: 30000
        maxRedirects: 10
        maxBodyBytes: 131072
        wafHeaders: true
        userAgent: 'Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; dsh-http-debug/1.0.0)'
        referer: ''
      history:
        maxEntries: 200
      har:
        enabled: false

Verify the integration

Boot dsh and ask it which tools it has, or inspect the registry directly:

• Ask the model: "which HTTP tools do you have?"
• Or in a REPL/agent: ctx.tools.schemas() should include http_request,

http_history, and http_rules.

> dsh is in developer preview and its internals move fast. If the exact > profile mechanisms (dsh.profile.bundles, loadProfile) changed in your > version, Route B (a hand-written cordis.patch.yml row) continues to work as > long as the Loader can import the package.

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Model-facing tools

All three tools are registered on ctx.tools and become available to agents automatically.

http_request

Perform (or replay) one HTTP exchange.

Returns a structured object (see [Response semantics](#response-semantics)); transport failures (timeout, network, SSRF block, too many redirects) raise errors with a machine-readable code.

http_history

http_rules

Runtime rules last only for the current session; for a durable whitelist set ssrf.whitelist in the plugin config.

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Configuration

All fields are optional; defaults are the safe ones.

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SSRF protection

The guard verifies a target before the request and before every redirect hop. For each hop it:

1. Parses the URL (http/https only). 2. If the host is an IP literal (IPv4, IPv6, IPv4-mapped ::ffff:a.b.c.d, or the deprecated IPv4-compatible ::a.b.c.d), classifies it directly. 3. Otherwise resolves all A/AAAA records (node:dns, injectable) and blocks if any resolves to a disallowed address. DNS errors refuse the request. 4. Consults the whitelist first for hostnames, and skips whitelisted resolved addresses while scanning.

Compact numeric hosts that curl-style tools accept are also caught: 2130706433 (decimal) and 0x7f000001 (hex) map to 127.0.0.1 and are refused.

Whitelist rule forms

Security notes (read before deploying)

• Secure by default. In production leave all four block* switches on.
• **bypass_ssrf (tool parameter, --allow-private in the CLI) is an explicit

escape hatch.** Only use it for trusted targets; it disables, for that request, the private/loopback/link-local/reserved checks.

• Disabling ssrf.enabled turns off all protection (including DNS refusal).
• The whitelist is an allowlist for hop targets, not a free pass for

redirects that leave it: every hop is evaluated against the current rules.

• This guard is a strong safety net, not a sandbox. Pair it with your fetch

policy, network egress controls, and sandboxing for hostile content.

• DNS-rebinding note. The guard and the actual connection resolve the

hostname separately, so a hostile name server could in principle answer the guard with a public address and the connection with a private one. For adversarial deployments, combine this guard with egress controls or a sandbox so the final connection cannot reach internal networks even if the DNS race is won.

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Response semantics

A successful exchange returns an object like:

{
  "ok": true,                 // 2xx
  "status": 200,
  "statusText": "OK",
  "httpVersion": "HTTP/1.x",
  "method": "GET",
  "url": "https://…",
  "headers": { "content-type": "application/json" },
  "contentType": "application/json",
  "body": "…",                // UTF-8 text, or Base64 when binary
  "bodyEncoding": "utf8",     // "utf8" | "base64" | "none"
  "bodySizeBytes": 512,       // bytes captured (after any cap)
  "bodyTruncated": false,     // true when the body was capped
  "durationMs": 1234,
  "redirected": false,
  "redirects": [],
  "json": { "valid": true },  // only when validate_json
  "har": { "log": { … } },    // only when include_har
  "historyId": "h7"
}

• Body encoding: textual Content-Types (plus untyped bodies that sniff as

clean UTF-8) are decoded to text; everything else is Base64. Multi-byte characters are never cut mid-sequence.

• Truncation caps captured bytes at maxBodyBytes (per-call or config) and

flags bodyTruncated; the amount actually captured is bodySizeBytes. This is the primary guard against context explosion.

• 4xx/5xx are real responses, returned with ok: false. Only transport

failures (invalid URL, SSRF block, DNS failure, timeout, network error, too many redirects, abort) raise errors, each with a stable code.

• HAR output is a standard HAR 1.2 log document with one entry

(buildHarLog).

Error codes

INVALID_URL · UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL · SSRF_BLOCKED · DNS_FAILED · TIMEOUT · ABORTED · NETWORK_ERROR · TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS · HISTORY_NOT_FOUND · INVALID_RULE · INVALID_BODY

CLI exit codes

The CLI maps results and failures onto a small, stable set of process exit codes, so it can be composed in scripts:

• 0 — the exchange completed (any HTTP status, including 4xx/5xx, is a

completed exchange).

• 2 — usage error: bad flags, an invalid --rule, an INVALID_URL, or an

UNSUPPORTED_PROTOCOL.

• 3 — the request was refused or failed: SSRF_BLOCKED, DNS_FAILED,

TIMEOUT, TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS, NETWORK_ERROR, or the HAR file could not be written.

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History

A per-session ring buffer (capacity history.maxEntries) records every http_request: its request snapshot, response (already capped), timing, size, and any error. http_history lists/get/clears entries; http_request replays one via history_id and records a brand-new attempt — including a fresh SSRF check on every hop.

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CLI

A zero-dependency CLI front-end for the same engine, with the same SSRF protection:

npm link   # or: node lib/cli.js …  or: npx tsx src/cli.ts …

dsh-http-debug <url> [options]
  -X, --method <m>          HTTP method
  -H, --header <n:v>        header (repeatable; also accepts n=v)
  -d, --data <body>         UTF-8 body
      --data-base64 <b64>   base64 body
      --data-file <path>    body from a text file
      --data-binary <path>  body from a file, verbatim
      --timeout <ms>        timeout in ms (0 = no timeout; default 30000)
  -F/--follow | -N/--no-follow
      --max-redirects <n>   --max-body-bytes <n>
      --validate-json       --har <file>
      --json                print the full structured result as JSON (default)
      --raw                 print only the body
      --allow-private       bypass SSRF for this request (unsafe)
      --rule <rule>         add a runtime whitelist rule (repeatable)
      --no-waf
      --ssrf-enabled        enable SSRF blocking (default)
      --ssrf-disabled       disable all SSRF protection (unsafe)
      --config-file <path>  JSON config file (flags override it)
  -v, --version             print the version
  -h, --help                print this help

All flags map onto the same HttpDebug service the tools use.

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Programmatic API

The core is dependency-free and exported for embedding elsewhere:

import { HttpDebug } from 'dsh-http-debug';

const http = new HttpDebug({
  config: { ssrf: { whitelist: ['127.0.0.1'] } },
});

const response = await http.request({ url: 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/', validateJson: true });
console.log(response.status, response.body, response.historyId);

http.rulesAdd('10.0.0.0/8');      // runtime whitelist
await http.request({ historyId: 'h1' }); // replay

Exports: HttpDebug, HttpClient, SsrfGuard, HistoryStore, RuleStore, buildHarLog, the config/response types, and HttpDebugError (with code).

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Examples

• examples/usage.mjs — calling the core from a plain Node script.
• examples/dsh-integration.mjs — mounts the bundle into a real Cordis

Context + ToolRegistry and runs http_request through the real pipeline.

• examples/generate-examples.mjs — spins up a local server and writes

examples/response.example.json and examples/har.example.har.

• examples/response.example.json, examples/har.example.har — generated

sample artifacts.

Generate them yourself with:

npm run build
npm run generate-examples

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Development

npm install       # dev deps: typescript, tsx, @types/node + dsh peer types
npm run build     # tsc -> lib/ (ESM, .d.ts)
npm run typecheck
npm test          # builds first, then `node --test` on the compiled lib
npm run cli -- <url> …   # run the CLI from source via tsx

The test runner needs Node ≥ 23.6 (or the 22.18 LTS release), where native TypeScript type stripping is enabled by default so node --test can run the test files directly. The shipped runtime (the compiled lib/) runs on Node 18+.

Tests cover: IPv4/IPv6 classification across every category family, the SSRF guard (literals, DNS-resolved hosts, IPv4-mapped/compatible addresses, compact numeric hosts, redirect hops, whitelist/toggles/bypass, DNS failures), redirect chasing and method downgrades, body truncation, base64 binary bodies, timeouts, network errors, JSON validation, HAR structure, history ring-buffer eviction and replay, the tool definitions, and the plugin entry.

Compatibility: Node ≥ 18 (uses the built-in fetch). The only runtime dependencies are the dsh peer packages (@deepseek-ai/cordis, @deepseek-ai/dsh-tools) provided by the host at load time.

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License

[MIT](LICENSE) — © 2026 dsh-http-debug contributors.