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3 ways to Reduce unwanted network traffic

16 Nov 2021 Other than using the “Filter” field, there are 3 other ways to reduce the amount traffic your Charles sessions captures Recording Settings Exclude traffic from being recorded Add the URL(s) to the “Exclude” tab of the “Recording Settings…” feature Proxy -> Recording Settings -> Exclude Focused Host Focusing on specific hosts AsContinue reading “3 ways to Reduce unwanted network traffic”

View localhost traffic

If you are developing something on your local machine you may like to the ability to view your traffic in Charles. In this tutorial we will show you how to proxy your localhost traffic through Charles Modify the hostname To view your local traffic simple append “.charlesproxy.com” to the host Before: http://localhost:3001/path After: http://localhost.charlesproxy.com:3001/path

Screen mirroring and recording with Charles

Mirroring your device’s screen on your Mac can be really useful if you want to demo some work or show how to recreate a bug. This tutorial will show you how to mirror physical iOS and Android devices on your Mac while recording your screen. We will use Quicktime for mirroring iOS devices. While AndroidContinue reading “Screen mirroring and recording with Charles”

No Caching

This feature gives you the ability to force your app/website to get the latest version of a resource from the server, instead of getting a cached one. This tutorial will show you how to use the No Caching feature to force your browser to get the latest version of a NY Times from their serversContinue reading “No Caching”

Focused Hosts

The Focused Hosts feature is a great way of quickly filtering out all the traffic you are not interested in. If you combine Focused Hosts with the Filter textfield you can filter on an already filtered result. The more traffic you have to deal with, the more useful this feature becomes This tutorial will showContinue reading “Focused Hosts”

Rewrite – Tips & Tricks

Here are some tips and tricks I’ve picked up over the years while working with Rewrites that make creating them a little easier! The ‘Notes’ Columns Swap ‘Info’ column for ‘Notes’ The more Rewrites you use the more sense it makes to swap the ‘Info’ column for the ‘Notes’ one Right-click the the bar withContinue reading “Rewrite – Tips & Tricks”