sqlmapproject/sqlmap · error · SqlmapGenericException

function 'postprocess(page, headers=None, code=None)' in pos

Error message

function 'postprocess(page, headers=None, code=None)' in postprocess script '%s' should return a tuple '(page, headers, code)' (Note: find template script at '%s')

What it means

Error "function 'postprocess(page, headers=None, code=None)' in postprocess script '%s' should return a tuple '(page, headers, code)' (Note: find template script at '%s')" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.

Source

Thrown at lib/core/option.py:1128

            if not found:
                errMsg = "missing function 'postprocess(page, headers=None, code=None)' "
                errMsg += "in postprocess script '%s'" % script
                raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)
            else:
                try:
                    _, _, _ = function("", {}, None)
                except:
                    handle, filename = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix=MKSTEMP_PREFIX.PREPROCESS, suffix=".py")
                    os.close(handle)

                    openFile(filename, "w+").write("#!/usr/bin/env\n\ndef postprocess(page, headers=None, code=None):\n    return page, headers, code\n")
                    openFile(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(filename), "__init__.py"), "w+").write("pass")

                    errMsg = "function 'postprocess(page, headers=None, code=None)' "
                    errMsg += "in postprocess script '%s' " % script
                    errMsg += "should return a tuple '(page, headers, code)' "
                    errMsg += "(Note: find template script at '%s')" % filename
                    raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)

def _setThreads():
    if not isinstance(conf.threads, int) or conf.threads <= 0:
        conf.threads = 1

def _setDNSCache():
    """
    Makes a cached version of socket._getaddrinfo to avoid subsequent DNS requests.
    """

    def _getaddrinfo(*args, **kwargs):
        key = (args, frozenset(kwargs.items()))

        if key in kb.cache.addrinfo:
            return kb.cache.addrinfo[key]

        kb.cache.addrinfo[key] = socket._getaddrinfo(*args, **kwargs)
        return kb.cache.addrinfo[key]

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/core/option.py:1128 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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