# Using from Python (Docs?)

**URL:** <https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/t/using-from-python-docs/1045>\
**Category:** help\
**Created:** [May 17, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/t/using-from-python-docs/1045 "2018-05-17T22:01:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![p-baum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@p-baum](https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/u/p-baum)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/t/using-from-python-docs/1045/1 "2018-05-17T22:01:43Z")

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How do use this from python? I don’t want to use subprocess to launch mitmdump. As someone has already posted, the docs for this probably awesome software are not to be found (other than cursory info at [docs.mitmproxy.org](http://docs.mitmproxy.org) which makes a lot of assumptions that leaves noobs like me out in the cold).

Also how can i get mitmdump to dump to stdout?

Actually I just want to mess with headers. Perhaps mitmproxy is overkill? It just looks like it could be so awesome.

I tried looking at the source code. I don’t understand it.

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**Author:** ![p-baum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@p-baum](https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/u/p-baum)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/t/using-from-python-docs/1045/2 "2018-05-18T16:32:49Z")

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I found a little nugget at [Start and stop mitmproxy from Python script](https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/t/start-and-stop-mitmproxy-from-python-script/677)

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**Author:** ![p-baum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@p-baum](https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/u/p-baum)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/t/using-from-python-docs/1045/4 "2018-05-19T21:49:33Z")

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I raised an issue at [https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/issues/3141](https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/issues/3141)