There also numerous other properties that provide further details of the transaction (e.g. The Request and Response properties provide access to lists of the headers and cookies that were sent to or received from the web server. The Content property holds information about the HTTP resource that was requested (an image or an HTML page, for example) and its Data property returns the actual content, e.g. the textual HTML of web pages and the binary data of image files. HAR)Īlternatively, the OpenLog method of the Controller class opens a log file and returns a reference to a Log object that represents the requests and responses that were recorded in that file.Įach Log object contains a list of Entry objects which hold the details of a single HTTP transaction (i.e. Methods and properties are provided that allow the recorded data to be examined, saved to a file or exported in different formats (e.g. The Plugin object's Log property accesses a Log object that contains the active log of HTTP requests and responses that have been recorded by HttpWatch.

Recorded requests are reached through the Log property.

Other properties allow the automation client to determine whether a page has finished loading and whether the extension is currently recording requests. The Plugin object's GotoURL method can be used to direct the browser to any specified URL. Other methods and properties allow the user to manage the HttpWatch log files and configure automatic recording. It has methods that can be used to start and top the recording of HTTP traffic. The interface to the HttpWatch add-on for Internet Explorer or the Chrome extension is provided by the Plugin class.

The IE, Chrome and Edge properties return an object that can create or attach to the HttpWatch add-on in the browser. An automation client uses this to create a new instance of the HttpWatch extension or to open existing log files. The starting point for controlling HttpWatch is the Controller class. The four main automation classes used by HttpWatch are described in this section.

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