You can access the Content-Type & X-Content-Type-Options Auditor programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "startUrl": "https://example.com/" }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("phoenix2810/content-type-auditor").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
15for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Content-Type & nosniff MIME Audit API API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Content-Type & X-Content-Type-Options Auditor API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Content-Type & X-Content-Type-Options Auditor API in JavaScript

Content-Type & X-Content-Type-Options Auditor API through CLI

Content-Type & X-Content-Type-Options Auditor OpenAPI definition

Content-Type & X-Content-Type-Options Auditor API

X-Content-Type-Options Header Checker - nosniff audit

scrappy_garden/x-content-type-options-header-checker

Fetches URLs and validates the X-Content-Type-Options response header. Flags missing header and invalid values (expects nosniff) to help prevent MIME sniffing attacks. Outputs per-URL results plus SUMMARY and REPORT.

Bikram Adhikari

Content-Type Header Validator

scrappy_garden/content-type-header-validator

Fetches URLs and validates the Content-Type header (MIME type + optional charset). Flags missing/mismatched types and recommends X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff. Outputs per-URL results plus SUMMARY and REPORT.

Bikram Adhikari

HTTP Security Headers Audit

mbeato/apimesh-security-headers

Audit 10 HTTP security headers with A+ to F grading. Checks CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy, and more.

Maximus Beato

Website Security Headers Checker

gochujang/security-headers-checker

Audit HTTP security headers for any URL: CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy. Returns a 0-100 score + letter grade + actionable findings. $0.005 per URL.

Hojun Lee

Security Headers Checker

s3nafps/security-headers-checker

Check public URLs for common HTTP security headers including HSTS, Content Security Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, and Permissions-Policy. Export a simple website security header report as JSON or CSV.

mohamed senator

Security Headers Validator

stellar_ballet_0bu/security-headers-validator

Validate security response headers on any public URL: HSTS, CSP, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy. Per-Header pass/warn/fail with documented fix-hints.

Nikita S

HTTP Security Headers & OWASP Posture Auditor

gp005/security-headers-auditor

Audit HTTP security response headers (CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy, COOP/COEP/CORP) for any URL. Returns a 0-100 grade, letter rating, and a prioritized fix list with exact header values to add. Single polite GET per URL, no crawling.