Fiddler can easily decode responses - how to make this automatic?

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Daniel Williams picture Daniel Williams · Jun 7, 2012 · Viewed 23.2k times · Source

In Fiddler I have many responses which I like to view raw. For each one Fiddler says "Response is encoded and may need to be decoded before inspection. Click here to transform."

I want not only the current one, but all responses to always be transformed. Anyone know how to set this? Rules->Remove all encodings does not do the trick.

Answer

EricLaw picture EricLaw · Jun 17, 2012

If the goal is to remove compression during the processing of a session:

  1. That's what the "Decode" button on the toolbar does.
  2. That's also what Rules menu > "Remove all encodings" does.

Auto decode

If the goal is to remove the encoding after session processing is complete, select all of the sessions (CTRL+A) and use "Decode Selected Sessions" on the Web Sessions list's context menu.

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