Live HTTP Headers

Monitor all HTTP/HTTPs traffic from your browser.
What is Live HTTP Headers?
Live HTTP Headers is a Chrome extension that logs and monitors all HTTP/HTTPs traffic between your browser and the Internet. It allows you to debug web applications, follow redirect paths, view cookies, identify web server technologies, examine request and response headers, and analyze HTTP verbs and response codes.

Extension stats

This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-03-06 due to bundling unwanted software
Users: 23,483+
Rating: 5.00 (6)
Version: 1.7 (Last updated: 2021-08-21)
Creation date: 2020-06-24
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very high risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • http://*/
  • https://*/
  • <all_urls>
Size: 92.04K

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Extension summary

Live HTTP Headers logs all HTTP traffic between your Chrome browser and the Internet.

This extension can be helpful if you want to:

  • Debug web application
  • Follow redirect path
  • See cookies sent by remote site
  • See which web server the remote site is using
  • See the headers sent to the server
  • See which headers the server returns
  • See the HTTP verbs used.
  • See Response Codes

You can from the settings dialog choose what type of resource you want to capture.

This extension shows you all the headers as they were sent to the server and also the response back. It is not making a second request as some other extensions. All HTTP traffic i captured live.

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User reviews

Tried several -- this one worked best for me on being able to capture stuff into a textbox that I could cut/paste into a file for doing some coding against that.
by Mike McKee, 2022-05-02

Nice one! Does exactly what I needed! Thank you!
by Peter Stavrou, 2021-09-04

Very well!
by rr05.mag009, 2021-02-13
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Live HTTP Headers requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Live HTTP Headers is very likely to contain malware and should not be trusted. Avoid installing.

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