The request list and details
Reqly’s main window has three parts: the sidebar on the left, the request list in the middle, and the selected request’s details on the right.
The sidebar
Section titled “The sidebar”- All Traffic shows every request.
- Pinned appears once you pin a request. See Mark what matters.
- Apps lists each app or tool that sent requests, with its icon. Once phones, simulators or emulators send traffic too, Devices takes its place. It lists This Mac and each device, with their apps under them, and the hosts of requests Reqly couldn’t credit to an app.
- Hosts lists every host your apps talked to.
Select a row to see only its requests. Each section folds away with the arrow next to its name. To fold a device away, use its arrow, or press ← and →.
The request list
Section titled “The request list”Requests appear in the order they were made. While the list is scrolled to the bottom, it follows new ones.
| Column | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Status | The status code, with a colored dot. |
| Method | GET, POST and so on. |
| Request | The host, then the path and query. |
| App | The app or tool that sent it, or the device when Reqly can’t tell the app. |
| Time | When it started. |
| Duration | How long it took. |
| Size | How much was received. |
The dot next to the status code:
- Teal: success (2xx).
- Blue: redirect (3xx).
- Orange: client error (4xx).
- Red: server error (5xx).
- Gray: informational (1xx), such as a WebSocket connection’s 101.
For gRPC calls, the dot follows the gRPC status. A request that failed shows a red triangle and Failed, and one held at a breakpoint shows Paused.
An encrypted connection shows a lock, and Encrypted connection in place of its path. To see inside it, decrypt its host.
Search
Section titled “Search”Type in Search requests in the toolbar, or press ⌘F. Search looks through URLs, methods, apps, devices and your comments as you type. From three characters on, it looks through headers and bodies too, compressed ones included. It works together with the sidebar and the filters.
A body is searchable once its request finishes, up to its first megabyte. Images, media, fonts, archives and other binary bodies aren’t searched.
Filters
Section titled “Filters”The bar above the list filters by status: 2xx, 3xx, 4xx, 5xx and Failed. Click several to combine them, or All to show every status.
Click Filters to filter by App, Device, Host, Method and the response’s Content type: JSON, XML, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Images, Media or Other. Each filter you set shows above the list. Click its × to remove it, or Clear All to remove them all.
A request’s details
Section titled “A request’s details”Select a request to see its details, in these tabs:
- Overview (⌘1): the URL, your comment, the rules that acted on it, and the main facts: method, app, device, status, content type, duration, and how it was sent.
- Request (⌘2) and Response (⌘3): query parameters, headers, cookies and the body. Authorization headers and cookie values are hidden until you click Show. The Response tab also has the trailers, when there are any.
- Raw (⌘4): the request and response as text, the way they went.
- Timing (⌘5): each step of the request, from DNS lookup, Connecting and TLS handshake to Waiting for server and Downloading, and the total. Under Connection: the protocol, the server’s address, the TLS version, and whether the connection was reused.
- Messages (⌘6): for WebSocket connections. See Protocols.
Bodies
Section titled “Bodies”Reqly unpacks gzip, deflate and Brotli bodies on its own, and shows each body the way that suits it. Switch between the views above the body:
- Formatted and Tree for JSON. The tree can filter keys and values, and copy a value or its path. Formatted for XML too.
- Preview for images, with their format and dimensions.
- Form for form data.
- Raw, or Text, for the body as it came, with colors for its syntax.
- Hex for any body.
Copy Body copies it.
Mark what matters
Section titled “Mark what matters”- Pin a request with the pin button in its details, or with Request › Pin Request. Pinned requests stay when you clear the list, and Pinned in the sidebar shows them all.
- Color a request from Request › Color, or from its right-click menu. Its row gets a stripe in that color.
- Comment on a request with Request › Add Comment…. Search finds comments too.
Session files keep pins, colors and comments. HAR files keep only comments.
Clear the list
Section titled “Clear the list”Click the trash button in the toolbar, or choose Capture › Clear Traffic (⌘K). Pinned requests stay.