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Show HN: I write an iOS app to intercept all HTTP/HTTPS Traffic (Beta Testing)

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Post by nghiatran_feels »

Hi everyone, after months of hard-working, I'm glad to have something to show HN.

It's an iOS app to help you directly capture and intercept HTTP/HTTPS Traffic from your iPhone/iPad with ease. It's suitable for any developers who would debug iOS without needing a computer. You can also share all traffic to Proxyman macOS via AirDrop for better previewing.

- Please join a beta in TestFlight (iOS 14+): https://testflight.apple.com/join/nQ69eb35 - How it works if you don't have any devices: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpzpoTN8efM&feature=youtu.be - Twitter: https://twitter.com/proxyman_app/status/1357314980471656450

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It's the first Beta Build, it might contain few bugs. I appreciate all feedback and bug reports.

Re: Show HN: I write an iOS app to intercept all HTTP/HTTPS Traffic (Beta Testing)

#4

Post by nghiatran_feels »

natch wrote: post #3

Cool, but the immediate question that comes to mind is: how is it differentiated from Charles Proxy? And congratulations for getting to a TestFlight version!

The first thing you can notice that it's easier to use in terms of UI/UX. I had a reasonable experience when working on the Proxyman macOS version, to turn the difficulty to easy and intuitive for everyone.

- I introduce the Pin screen to pin your working domains, with less distraction. - Better Request and Response Previewer with multiple lines (in Charles, it's one line, so it's too hard to see long content) - Better Body Previewer with syntax highlighting, adjustable font-size, and JSON TreeView. - Fully support iPad layout with multiple columns (Split View) - and many hidden features :)

Re: Show HN: I write an iOS app to intercept all HTTP/HTTPS Traffic (Beta Testing)

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Post by nghiatran_feels »

natch wrote: post #3

Cool, but the immediate question that comes to mind is: how is it differentiated from Charles Proxy? And congratulations for getting to a TestFlight version!

One of the game-changer features I'd implement is "Traffic Streaming".

Basically, Proxyman iOS will stream all traffic to Proxyman macOS by using Bonjour service from Apple. Steaming data with zero-configuration.

I use this feature in the Atlantis framework (https://github.com/ProxymanApp/atlantis) and I believe that it would save a lot of time (than the current approach by sharing the log via AirDrop)

Re: Show HN: I write an iOS app to intercept all HTTP/HTTPS Traffic (Beta Testing)

#7

Post by natch »

nghiatran_feels wrote: post #4
natch wrote: post #3

Cool, but the immediate question that comes to mind is: how is it differentiated from Charles Proxy? And congratulations for getting to a TestFlight version!

The first thing you can notice that it's easier to use in terms of UI/UX. I had a reasonable experience when working on the Proxyman macOS version, to turn the difficulty to easy and intuitive for everyone. - I introduce the Pin screen to pin your working domains, with less distraction. - Better Request and Response Previewer with multiple lines (in Charles, it's one line, so it's too hard to see long content) - Bett…

One thing I wish for in Charles (or maybe it’s there but hidden) is the ability to generate full working curl commands with all headers, cookies, and body data. I guess it can generate intermediate formats (I forget the name, h something) and then there are web sites that can convert that to curl but it would be nice to have it built in. Remember that it’s easy to copy/paste straight from iOS to macOS.

Re: Show HN: I write an iOS app to intercept all HTTP/HTTPS Traffic (Beta Testing)

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Post by nghiatran_feels »

natch wrote: post #7
nghiatran_feels wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The first thing you can notice that it's easier to use in terms of UI/UX. I had a reasonable experience when working on the Proxyman macOS version, to turn the difficulty to easy and intuitive for everyone. - I introduce the Pin screen to pin your working domains, with less distraction. - Better Request and Response Previewer with multiple lines (in Charles, it's one line, so it's too hard to see long content) - Bett…

One thing I wish for in Charles (or maybe it’s there but hidden) is the ability to generate full working curl commands with all headers, cookies, and body data. I guess it can generate intermediate formats (I forget the name, h something) and then there are web sites that can convert that to curl but it would be nice to have it built in. Remember that it’s easy to copy/paste straight from iOS to macOS.

Yes, It's already supported in the Beta build :D. Select your request -> Menu on the Top-Right Nav -> Copy as cURL. Then you can straight paste to the Terminal on macOS

Re: Show HN: I write an iOS app to intercept all HTTP/HTTPS Traffic (Beta Testing)

#10

Post by tuananh »

nghiatran_feels wrote: post #6
natch wrote: post #3

Cool, but the immediate question that comes to mind is: how is it differentiated from Charles Proxy? And congratulations for getting to a TestFlight version!

One of the game-changer features I'd implement is "Traffic Streaming". Basically, Proxyman iOS will stream all traffic to Proxyman macOS by using Bonjour service from Apple. Steaming data with zero-configuration. I use this feature in the Atlantis framework ( https://github.com/ProxymanApp/atlantis ) and I believe that it would save a lot of time (than the current approach by sharing the log via AirDrop)

A million time YES! I hate doing this when I need to work with Charless on iOS.
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