What HTTP traffic monitor would you recommend for Windows?

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I need the sniffer to test network traffic of applications developed by me for Windows and Facebook.

Basic requirements:

  • display request and response
  • display HTTP headers
  • display the time it took to complete HTTP request

Now I'm using HTTP Analyzer. A very good tool, but it terminates with some error after 10-15 min running on Vista.

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7 Answers

Wireshark if you want to see everything going on in the network.

Fiddler if you want to just monitor HTTP/s traffic.

Live HTTP Headers if you're in Firefox and want a quick plugin just to see the headers.

Also FireBug can get you that information too and provides a nice interface when your working on a single page during development. I've used it to monitor AJAX transactions.

user_1154820
user_1367710

Try Wireshark:

Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer, and is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many industries and educational institutions.

There is a bit of a learning curve but it is far and away the best tool available.

Andrew_Hare_342110

Fiddler is great when you are only interested in the http(s) side of the communications. It is also very useful when you are trying to inspect inside a https stream.

user_1434100

I use Wireshark in most cases, but I have found Fiddler to be less of a hassle when dealing with encrypted data.

user_1388850
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