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Christian Schlensker
Christian Schlensker

Reputation: 22488

View and Set HTTP headers for Safari/Chrome

I'm testing an API and I would like to hit it with safari and see the raw json that's returned. The API requires a certain HTTP header be sent with every request. Is there a way in Safari or Chrome to set my http headers when visiting a URL?

Upvotes: 18

Views: 57764

Answers (8)

nsrCodes
nsrCodes

Reputation: 1138

If you are on Chrome you can use the Modify Headers rule in Requestly

Here's a screenshot of the Header Modification Rule

Requestly Modify Headers Screenshot

Requestly also has a feature that lets users share the rules with each other. Here's an example of a headers rule I created - https://app.requestly.io/rules/#sharedList/1624596871428-Stackoverflow-answer

To use it, follow the link and click on Import List to modify it as per your use case.

To modify headers in Safari, one can use Requestly Desktop App

Other References

Upvotes: 2

Piyush Mittal
Piyush Mittal

Reputation: 1890

you can use Modify Headers extension in chrome. enter image description here

Upvotes: 2

Myster
Myster

Reputation: 18114

Another popular chrome app for this is is Postman

Upvotes: 5

Gravy
Gravy

Reputation: 12465

I know answer has already been chosen, however I thought I would share also:

EasyHTTP in Mac App Store. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/easyhttp/id657224426?mt=12

It's free, easy to use and pretty good.

Upvotes: 0

Christian Schlensker
Christian Schlensker

Reputation: 22488

There are a couple Google Chrome apps that do this. One is called Rest Console. I actually found an app called GraphicalHttpClient in the Mac AppStore that's a lot easier and more enjoyable to use.

Upvotes: 11

Vlad Bezden
Vlad Bezden

Reputation: 89735

Header Hacker will do the job on the Chrome browser and Modify Headers on the FireFox browser. Both of them allow to set custom HTTP Headers

Upvotes: 4

Boris Smus
Boris Smus

Reputation: 8472

The (currently experimental) WebRequest API lets you do view and modify headers: http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/trunk/webRequest.html

It's pretty easy to view headers using onSendHeaders.

To edit headers, you'll need to block the request. This sample (from the docs linked to above) removes the User-Agent header from all requests:

chrome.experimental.webRequest.onBeforeSendHeaders.addListener(
  function(details) {
    delete details.requestHeaders['User-Agent'];
    return {requestHeaders: details.requestHeaders};
  },
  {},
["blocking"]);

Upvotes: 4

Kevin Hakanson
Kevin Hakanson

Reputation: 42240

I would use Fiddler as my debugging proxy and set the header there. See the "Add a request header" of the FiddlerScript CookBook. This same solution would work with any browser.

Fiddler is a Web Debugging Proxy which logs all HTTP(S) traffic between your computer and the Internet. Fiddler allows you to inspect all HTTP(S) traffic, set breakpoints, and "fiddle" with incoming or outgoing data. Fiddler includes a powerful event-based scripting subsystem, and can be extended using any .NET language.

Upvotes: 3

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