Adds experimental nopath option

args.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type config struct {
 	delay          int
 	headers        headerArgs
 	followLocation bool
+	noPath         bool
 	method         string
 	saveStatus     int
 	timeout        int
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ func processArgs() config {
 	flag.BoolVar(&followLocation, "location", false, "")
 	flag.BoolVar(&followLocation, "L", false, "")
 
+	// no path part
+	noPath := false
+	flag.BoolVar(&noPath, "nopath", false, "")
+
 	// method param
 	method := "GET"
 	flag.StringVar(&method, "method", "GET", "")
@@ -113,6 +118,7 @@ func processArgs() config {
 		delay:          delay,
 		headers:        headers,
 		followLocation: followLocation,
+		noPath:         noPath,
 		method:         method,
 		saveStatus:     saveStatus,
 		timeout:        timeout,
@@ -136,6 +142,7 @@ func init() {
 		h += "  -d, --delay <millis>       Milliseconds between requests to the same host (defaut: 5000)\n"
 		h += "  -H, --header <header>      Send a custom HTTP header\n"
 		h += "  -L, --location             Follow redirects / location header\n"
+		h += "		--nopath			   Treat the hosts file as complete URLs\n"
 		h += "  -r, --rawhttp              Use the rawhttp library for requests (experimental)\n"
 		h += "  -s, --savestatus <status>  Save only responses with specific status code\n"
 		h += "  -t, --timeout <millis>     Set the HTTP timeout (default: 10000)\n"

main.go

@@ -27,11 +27,17 @@ func main() {
 	// get the config struct
 	c := processArgs()
 
-	// read the paths file
-	paths, err := readLinesOrLiteral(c.paths, defaultPathsFile)
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to open paths file: %s\n", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
+	// read the paths file; unless the nopath option is set
+	var paths []string
+	var err error
+	if c.noPath {
+		paths = []string{""}
+	} else {
+		paths, err = readLinesOrLiteral(c.paths, defaultPathsFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "failed to open paths file: %s\n", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// read the hosts file