Setting Filtering Rules

To narrow the amount of information shown in the HTTP Debugger main screen, you can set various of filters.

For example, you can set a filter to show the information interchange with a particular web site only (URL filters), monitor only selected programs (user-agent filters), hide all images (content-type filters) and many more.

You can create a filter for any parameter of HTTP header. The most important parameter names are already added to the HTTP Debugger, but if you cannot see the necessary parameter name in the list, simply type it in the corresponding box. The parameter name must not contain spaces, commas, or other punctuation marks and must end with a colon.

If you don't remember the parameter's exact name, then you can select 'Any place in header' from the list, and the HTTP Debugger will search for your text anywhere in the HTTP header.

While adding a filter you have two options:
a) Show only results matching your filer
b) Hide results matching your filer

If you want, for example, to work with the HTTP traffic produced by Internet Explorer only, you can select 'User-Agent:' for the parameter name, type 'MSIE' for the parameter value and select the option (a). The HTTP traffic from all other programs will be ignored.

HTTP Debugger stores all your filters in the registry, that means that your filters stays persistent between program runs and you do not need to create them each time you start the program. To temporary disable filters without deleting them unmark the corresponding checkbox on the toolbar.

To apply your newly added/updated filters to all existing data in the HTTP Debugger, simply click on 'Apply Now' on the toolbar.

Important: Please note, if you create filters that are too complex it is possible that all HTTP traffic will be filtered and nothing will be shown in the HTTP Debugger main screen (you can see the number of filtered items in the status bar). Please update your filters in this case.


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