Odyssey
A piece of software that shows a traceroute of a URL redirect path
Use Cases
- To see where an affiliate link ends up
- To see what affiliate network is being used in this process
- Ensure that your own redirects work correctly as intended to
- To analyse suspicious URLs from various sources
- To avoid being tracked by companies
- To avoid being redirected to malicious websites
- Discover how many times a site can redirect your request
- Check if URL shortening services such as bitly and adfly redirect to legitimate websites
To learn more about the uses of redirects, and what redirects are, please read this article.
Requirements
- A python installation above 3.0+, which you can download from the official python website here.
Installation
To have Odyssey work properly without any hiccups, please follow the instructions below.
- Clone this repository
- Then execute the command
pip install requirements.txt