How to monitor network calls made from iOS Simulator

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Mad Echet picture Mad Echet · Jun 20, 2012 · Viewed 127k times · Source

I am trying to monitor calls from an app to my server just like Firebug does. I could not find a way to see that in iOS Simulator or in xCode.

Is there a way to do that without sniffing all the traffic? If no, what tool would you suggest?

Answer

Macmade picture Macmade · Jun 20, 2012

Personally, I use Charles for that kind of stuff.
When enabled, it will monitor every network request, displaying extended request details, including support for SSL and various request/reponse format, like JSON, etc...

You can also configure it to sniff only requests to specific servers, not the whole traffic.

It's commercial software, but there is a trial, and IMHO it's definitively a great tool.

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