name: paramspider
category: web
description: Mining parameters from dark corners of web archives.
keywords:
  - parameter
  - mining
  - archive
  - discovery
  - web

parameters:
  domain:
    type: string
    required: true
    flag: "-d"
    description: Target domain

  exclude:
    type: string
    flag: "-e"
    description: "Extensions to exclude (e.g., css,jpg)"

  output:
    type: string
    flag: "-o"
    description: Output file

  level:
    type: enum
    flag: "-l"
    options: ["low", "medium", "high"]
    description: Parameter depth level

  quiet:
    type: boolean
    flag: "-q"
    description: Quiet mode

  placeholder:
    type: string
    flag: "-p"
    default: "FUZZ"
    description: Placeholder for values

  subs:
    type: boolean
    flag: "-s"
    description: Include subdomains

requires_root: false
timeout: 300

examples:
  - "paramspider -d target.com"
  - "paramspider -d target.com -e css,jpg,png"
  - "paramspider -d target.com -o params.txt -s"
  - "paramspider -d target.com -p FUZZ | httpx"

notes: |
  Sources:
  - Wayback Machine
  - Common Crawl
  - VirusTotal
  - URL scan

  Output:
  - URLs with FUZZ placeholder
  - Ready for fuzzing

  Pipeline:
  paramspider -d target | ffuf -w wordlist

  Use cases:
  - Find hidden params
  - Discover endpoints
  - Prepare for fuzzing