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Re:Show HN: Potatso – Proxy tool on iOS by AznHisoka on Thursday June 01, 2017 @07:06AM (#14459326)
I immediately bought this from thr app store - solves a very crucial use case for me.

Another app i am looking for and unsure if it exists: fiddler for ios. i want to see all external http requests that are going out from ny phone from all apps/browser/etc

Re:Show HN: Potatso – Proxy tool on iOS by m12k on Thursday June 01, 2017 @07:24AM (#14459385)
About your last request: I've previously used https://www.charlesproxy.com/ for analyzing all traffic from my iPhone and it works quite well (you use your computer as a proxy for the phone). There's a guide how to in the FAQ https://www.charlesproxy.com/documentation/faqs/
Re:Show HN: Potatso – Proxy tool on iOS by marvel_boy on Thursday June 01, 2017 @07:42AM (#14459455)
I prefer Mitmproxy https://mitmproxy.org more than Charles, and it is opensource.
Re:Show HN: Potatso – Proxy tool on iOS by mnx on Thursday June 01, 2017 @08:31AM (#14459679)
To each their own, but I can't imagine a CLI being more convenient than the charles / fiddler GUIs for the kind of things I did with them.
Re:Show HN: Potatso – Proxy tool on iOS by Macuyiko on Thursday June 01, 2017 @09:49AM (#14460177)
Give it a try. I was in the same boat but found it's cli interface very well done and easy to use, especially the curses based one.
Re:Show HN: Potatso – Proxy tool on iOS by kiliankoe on Thursday June 01, 2017 @11:08AM (#14460865)
mitmproxy recently introduced a web UI as well. It's still very early, but definitely something to try out!
Re:Show HN: Potatso – Proxy tool on iOS by mhils on Thursday June 01, 2017 @01:45PM (#14462589)
If you have feedback regarding the web ui: We are very receptive to that. :)
Re:Show HN: Potatso – Proxy tool on iOS by NietTim on Thursday June 01, 2017 @09:10AM (#14459908)
I've used Charles for quite some years now but have never been satisfied with how heavy it is (it's much better now then it used to be, but still) and how hard it can be to configure some times, even after all these years of using it.

Are there alternatives (with a GUI) for this? Been thinking about building my own....but I'm already "working" on a hunderd other projects..

Re:Show HN: Potatso – Proxy tool on iOS by stephenr on Thursday June 01, 2017 @04:13PM (#14464091)
Proxie (formerly known as Cellist) is nice and lightweight, and Mac native (not Java based like Charles)

Not affiliated, just a happy user.

Re:Show HN: Potatso – Proxy tool on iOS by icodesign on Thursday June 01, 2017 @09:50PM (#14466835)
Potatso 2 (not lite version) has a simple network log feature but for now it only contains the hostname. Request and response details will be added in a few months.
Re:Show HN: Potatso – Proxy tool on iOS by sthrs on Thursday June 01, 2017 @07:19AM (#14459367)
Does this support keys and custom ports for SOCKS over SSH?
Re:Show HN: Potatso – Proxy tool on iOS by jasonm23 on Thursday June 01, 2017 @08:40PM (#14466469)
Do you mean SSL/TLS?
Re:Show HN: Potatso – Proxy tool on iOS by icodesign on Thursday June 01, 2017 @09:47PM (#14466824)
Not yet. Sorry for that.
Re:Show HN: Potatso – Proxy tool on iOS by wingerlang on Monday June 05, 2017 @02:29AM (#14485637)
If you jailbreak it that seems likely to exist