view http info when browsing

[Paul McGuire]

"ben" <santoshamb at yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:56d498d9.0409051725.1c7d3258 at posting.google.com...
> I'm trying to write a web client script in python to log onto a web
> page and pull some information off of it.  The page has quite a few
> behind the scenes http things going on that are making it difficult to
> write the python script.  I think if I could see the raw http data
> that comes to my browser life would be much easier.  Does anybody know
> of programs that would run alongside my browser and show the http data
> that is send back and forth?
>
> I've looked at plugins like httpwatch and iewatch.  httpwatch looks
> good but it costs quite a bit of money, and the trial is not fully
> functional.  iewatch has a free trial, but they don't show cookie
> info, which is important.
>
> Does anybody know a good way of view the raw http?
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Ben

Try HTTPLook at www.httpsniffer.com .  We've used it some on our current
project, to monitor SOAP message contents.  I don't know about cookie
viewing, but it's free for 15-day (full featured) trial, less than $30 if
you want to keep it.

-- Paul