Show HN: HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) with zero setup

Re:Show HN: HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) wi... by pault on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @01:56PM (#21073310)

I hope this works out! Using fiddler us such a frustrating experience. The documentation is practically non existent and the ux is atrocious, and as far as I can tell the closest thing to a manual is a paid ebook by the developer (I was so pissed when I discovered this). I would be very happy to have an open source alternative!

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Re:Show HN: HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) wi... by pimterry on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @02:14PM (#21073523)

Me too :-). I built this myself in large part because of frustrations with Fiddler. It was an amazing tool at the time, but it hasn't aged well imo...

Hopefully this is your open source alternative - give it a go, let me know if there's something Fiddler does for you that HTTP Toolkit doesn't!

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Re:Show HN: HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) wi... by altano on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @07:48PM (#21076806)

If you think Fiddler sucks get a Mac and try using the tools available there like Charles Proxy. Ugh.

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Re:Show HN: HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) wi... by luckman212 on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @09:08PM (#21077214)

Curious about this comment. I'm a Mac user and a Charles user. I find it to be a great tool. Why the negativity?

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Re:Show HN: HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) wi... by altano on Friday September 27, 2019 @09:52PM (#21097856)

It's extremely hard to use compared to something like Fiddler, especially when you are doing more than just tracing.

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Re:Show HN: HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) wi... by stephenr on Thursday September 26, 2019 @02:52PM (#21084186)

https://proxie.app/ Works pretty well IMO.

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Re:Show HN: HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) wi... by jame_bkk on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @10:07PM (#21077494)

Give Proxyman (https://proxyman.io/) a try, which is a better alternative for Fiddler and Charles Proxy.

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Re:Show HN: HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) wi... by jmkni on Thursday September 26, 2019 @10:15AM (#21081045)

I don't mind Fiddler, and $15 dollars for a book on a free, incredibly powerful, tool is a bargain IMHO.

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Re:Show HN: HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) wi... by pault on Thursday September 26, 2019 @10:44AM (#21081328)

What bothers me is not the price, it's that the only documentation available is an ebook that one of the developers wrote as a side project. The tool is very powerful, but it's a nightmare to use, and it doesn't matter how powerful it is if you spend more time struggling with the software than fixing the problem you have that requires it in the first place. I'm just happy that someone is attempting to create an alternative with a focus on usability and cross platform support.

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Re:Show HN: HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) wi... by jmkni on Thursday September 26, 2019 @10:58AM (#21081466)

Yeah fair, Fiddler is definitely well...fiddly, and a bit dated as well.

Agree that it's good to see new alternatives.

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