How can I debug a HTTP POST in Chrome?

Question

I would like to view HTTP POST data that was sent in Chrome.

The data is in memory now, and I have the ability to resubmit the form.

I know that if I resubmit

Answer 1

Another option that may be useful is a dedicated HTTP debugging tool. There's a few available, I'd suggest HTTP Toolkit: an open-source project I've been working on (yeah, I might be biased) to solve this same problem for myself.

The main difference is usability & power. The Chrome dev tools are good for simple things, and I'd recommend starting there, but if you're struggling to understand the information there, and you need either more explanation or more power then proper focused tools can be useful!

For this case, it'll show you the full POST body you're looking for, with a friendly editor and highlighting (all powered by VS Code) so you can dig around. It'll give you the request & response headers of course, but with extra info like docs from MDN (the Mozilla Developer Network) for every standard header and status code you can see.

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