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+# nuclei
+
+Nuceli is a fast tool to scan for things using configurable templates
diff --git a/pkg/requests/requests.go b/pkg/requests/requests.go
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+package requests
+
+import (
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/pkg/matchers"
+)
+
+// Request contains a request to be made from a template
+type Request struct {
+	// Method is the request method, whether GET, POST, PUT, etc
+	Method string `yaml:"method"`
+	// Path contains the path/s for the request
+	Path []string `yaml:"path"`
+	// Headers contains headers to send with the request
+	Headers map[string]string `yaml:"headers,omitempty"`
+	// Body is an optional parameter which contains the request body for POST methods, etc
+	Body string `yaml:"body,omitempty"`
+	// Matchers contains the detection mechanism for the request to identify
+	// whether the request was successful
+	Matchers []*matchers.Matcher `yaml:"matchers"`
+}
diff --git a/pkg/templates/doc.go b/pkg/templates/doc.go
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+// Package templates contains the parser for a template for the engine.
+package templates
diff --git a/pkg/templates/templates.go b/pkg/templates/templates.go
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+package templates
+
+import (
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/pkg/requests"
+)
+
+// Template is a request template parsed from a yaml file
+type Template struct {
+	// ID is the unique id for the template
+	ID string `yaml:"id"`
+	// Info contains information about the template
+	Info Info `yaml:"info"`
+	// Request contains the request to make in the template
+	Requests []*requests.Request `yaml:"requests"`
+}
+
+// Info contains information about the request template
+type Info struct {
+	// Name is the name of the template
+	Name string `yaml:"name"`
+	// Author is the name of the author of the template
+	Author string `yaml:"author"`
+	// Severity optionally describes the severity of the template
+	Severity string `yaml:"severity,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// Levels of severity for a request template
+const (
+	SeverityHigh   = "high"
+	SeverityMedium = "medium"
+	SeverityLow    = "low"
+)