HttpWatch integrates with Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers to show you exactly what HTTP traffic is triggered when you access a web page. If you access a site that uses secure HTTPS connections, HttpWatch automatically displays the decrypted form of the network traffic.
Uses of HttpWatch
- Testing a web application to ensure that it is correctly issuing or setting headers that control page expiration
- Finding out how other sites work and how they implement certain features
- Checking the information that the browser is supplying when you visit a site
- Verifying that a secure web site is not issuing sensitive data in cookies or headers
- Tuning the performance of a web site by measuring download times, caching or the number of network round trips
- Learning about how HTTP works (useful for programming and web design classes)
- Alowing webmasters to fine tune the caching of images and other content
- Performing regression testing on production servers to verify performance and correct behavior
Features Summary
- Records HTTP
- Decrypts HTTPS Traffic
- Integrates with Internet Explorer & Firefox
- Supports the SPDY Protocol in Firefox
- Standalone Log File Viewer
- Summary of Recorded Traffic
- Grouping of Requests by Page
- Collect Log Files From Your Customers
- Request Level Time Charts
- Real-Time Page Level Time Charts
- Page Events
- Detects Potential Problems
- Customizable Data Columns
- Data Tips
- Automation Support
- Advanced Filtering
- Millisecond Level Timing
- Dynamic Sorting
- HTTP Compression
- Network Level Performance Data
- Extended Cookie Information
- Shows Interaction with Browser Cache
- Raw HTTP Streams
- Export Data to CSV, HAR and XML
- Import HAR files
- Customizable CSV Export
- Keyboard Accelerators
- Access to Cached and Downloaded Content
- Accurately Records Requests and Responses
- Automatic Recording and Saving
- Support for International Characters
- Printing Support
- Add Comments to Request and Pages
- Compact & Comprehensive Log Files
- Easy, Simple and Powerful
Why HttpWatch?
Easy to Use – start logging after just a couple of mouse clicks in Internet Explorer or Firefox. No other proxies, debuggers or network sniffers have to be configured
Productive – quickly see cookies, headers, POST data and query strings without having to manually decode raw HTTP packets
Robust – reliably log thousands of HTTP transactions for hours or days while tracking down intermittent problems
Accurate – HttpWatch has minimal impact on the normal interaction of the browser with a web site. No extra network hops are added, allowing you to measure real world HTTP performance
Flexible – HttpWatch only requires client-side installation and will work with any server side technology that renders HTML pages in Internet Explorer or Firefox. No special server-side permissions or configurations are required – ideal for use against production servers on the Internet or Intranet
Comprehensive – works with HTTP compression, redirection, SSL encryption & NTLM authentication. A complete automation interface provides access to recorded data and allows HttpWatch to be controlled from most popular programming languages.
Professional Support – updates and bug fixes are provided free of charge on our website and technical support is available by email, phone or fax.