Postman and Charles

This article will help you configure Charles to work with Postman so you can view your Requests and Responses in plain text

Prerequisites

Install Charles
Make sure you have setup the Charles Root certificate on your Mac before you proceed to the next step

Disable “SSL certification verification” in Postman

Open Postman -> Preferences -> Settings -> General -> switch the “SSL certification verification” toggle to off

Click the “Send” button again to re-send the Request

Enable SSL proxying to view network traffic in plain text

You should now see the encrypted network traffic in Charles. Right-click the Request and select “Enable SSL Proxying” from the dropdown

Verify Request appears in plain text in Charles

Return to Postman and click the “Send” button again to send the Request. You should now see Request details appears in plain text