Hi Steve, I wish I could use something like that (in fact, I often use firebug to see what is actually going on), but I am trying to build something that is browser independent.
Ideally, what I am looking for is something which just listens to all the traffic going into and out of a browser (using whatever protocol) and do some analysis on that traffic (even if that means I need to duplicate all the data elsewhere on my disk). but alas, I come from a desktop background and I am not that well versed in web related issues. So I suppose I will just take baby steps (with your guy's help, if you dont mind.) --arash On Feb 6, 2008 3:57 PM, Steve Midgley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 12:39 PM 2/6/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 11:32:16 -0800 > >From: "Arash Nikkar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [Mongrel] Newbie Question: Can I setup mongrel as a proxy > > between a browser and the web? > >To: mongrel-users@rubyforge.org > >Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > >I am trying to create a proxy which I can route my browser requests > >through > >in order to gather information on the web page loading. At this time > >I am > >particularly interested in the many GET requests associated with > >loading a > >single web page. Note: This does not have anything to do with rails, > >my goal > >is to run a ruby app in the background, set firefox to proxy all > >requests > >through it, log those requests, then return the fulfilled request back > >to > >the browser (i.e. the web page still loads in the browser). > > Hi Arash, > > You may have interest in coding a solution to this, for your own > reasons. I totally support those inclinations! :) I'm going to go a > little off-topic with an idea though: > > Personally, I use "Tamper Data" > (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/966) within FireFox to > handle this type of thing. It's a most excellent resource: it's like a > wire sniffer at the HTTP level only. It supports decoding request data > and tracking POST, GET and Ajax stuff. > > It's been invaluable for me in some circumstances - I hope the > reference is helpful. > > Steve > > p.s. It's been particularly helpful in trapping precisely certain live > GET & Ajax requests which I then convert into testing requests to > re-create the errors. > > _______________________________________________ > Mongrel-users mailing list > Mongrel-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-users >
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