Sniff HTTP packets for GET and POST requests from an application

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  •  25-09-2019
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Question

I am coding an SEO tool in C# for doing keyword research. I need to make calls to Google Adword keyword tool. Now I know some tools which are doing the same already.

I just need to decipher what they are doing. I tried using Wireshark but it's very complex to get the actual POST data using Wireshark.

I tried using fiddler on IE but seems like too many Javascript requests are made which confuses fiddler a lot.

If I can just find out the exact requests the other tool is making I think my job is done. How can I do this?

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Solution

Put http.request.method == "POST" in the display filter of wireshark to only show POST requests. Click on the packet, then expand the Hypertext Transfer Protocol field. The POST data will be right there on top.

OTHER TIPS

You will have to use some sort of network sniffer if you want to get at this sort of data and you're likely to run into the same problem (pulling out the relevant data from the overall network traffic) with those that you do now with Wireshark.

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