Hi Igor, sounds like its exactly what I want, provided I can plug into it programmatically. I'll take a look today. thanks.
On Feb 7, 2008 1:40 AM, Igor Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7 Feb 2008, at 00:20, Arash Nikkar wrote: > > > 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.) > > http://www.xk72.com/charles/ > > "Charles is an HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy that enables > a developer to view all of the HTTP traffic between their machine and > the Internet. This includes requests, responses and the HTTP headers > (which contain the cookies and caching information)." > > Browser independent, it intercepts, decodes and displays all browser > <--> server communications, including decoding Flash AMF data. It's > invaluable for Flash --> server and "ajax" development; sounds like > it'll do some of what you want, too. > > cheers > i > > > > > --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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mongrel-users mailing list > > Mongrel-users@rubyforge.org > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-users > > -- > Igor Clark // POKE // 10 Redchurch Street // E2 7DD // +44 (0)20 7749 > 5355 // www.pokelondon.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mongrel-users mailing list > Mongrel-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-users >
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