To address the complexity which comes with the flexibility offered
by Rex::Proto::Http::Client and its Msf mixin descendant, a simple
process needs to be implemented for issuing a request using only
the URL string in order to provide ease of access to users who may
not have the time to study how these clients work in detail.
Implement :request_opts_from_url in Msf's HttpClient mixin such as
to extract the options required for :send_request_* from a URL
string passed into the method. This approach reduces HTTP requests
in the mixin to `send_request_raw(request_opts_from_url(url))` when
`url` is just a string.
Implement this approach in the http_pdf_authors gather module to
further reduce infrastructure complexity around the simple need to
acquire PDF files via HTTP/S.
Testing:
Local to this module only, and in Pry of course. Seems to work...
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