What is HTTPulse?
HTTPulse is an open-source web debugging proxy and HTTP monitor designed for developers and testers. It sits between web applications and backend servers to intercept all HTTP and HTTPS communication.
Key features of HTTPulse include:
- Inspecting all HTTP requests and responses with full headers, params, cookies, and bodies
- Modifying requests and responses on the fly to test different scenarios
- Mocking backend responses to simulate various conditions without needing real services
- Saving sessions to replay later for debugging or sharing
- Exporting raw HTTP data to various formats like HAR and CURL
- Available as a desktop app, browser extension, or standalone proxy server
- Free and open-source, works across platforms like Windows, Mac, Linux
By providing transparency into hidden network communication between client and server, HTTPulse aims to help developers build, test, and debug web apps and APIs faster. Its flexibility makes it useful for tasks like troubleshooting bandwidth issues, preparing realistic test data, reverse engineering APIs, and improving performance.
Apache JMeter, locust, Apache Benchmark, wrk, Loader.io, OctoPerf, k6 Cloud, blitz.io, Tsung, Gatling.io, YandexTank, Loadster are some alternatives to HTTPulse.