(Legacy) Using Charles Proxy using-charles-proxy

Charles: http://charlesproxy.com

Download, Install and Get Started with Charles Proxy download-install-and-get-stared-with-charles-proxy

Structure vs Sequence Tabs structure-vs-sequence-tabs

There are two different ways to view the traffic:

SSL and Certificates ssl-and-certificates

Enable SSL Proxying \[ *Proxy -\> Proxy Settings... -\> SSL* \]

Check the “Enable SSL Proxying” checkbox and add all of the HTTPS locations.

Ignore / Exclude Hosts ignore-/-exclude-hosts

If your output becomes too cluttered you can choose to ignore or exclude locations You can ignore or exclude locations by doing either of the following:

DNS Spoofing dns-spoffing

\[ *Tools -\> DNS Spoofing...* \]

DNS spoofing is very useful when trying to redirect a request to a different IP, especially when working with mobile devices:

http://www.charlesproxy.com/documentation/tools/dns-spoofing/

Map Remote map-remote

\[ *Tools -\> Map Remote...* \]

With map remote you can redirect an “incoming” request to a different endpoint. The most common use case for this feature is to “Map” AccessEnabler.swf to AccessEnablerDebug.swf:

http://www.charlesproxy.com/documentation/tools/map-remote/

Reverse Proxy reverse-proxy

http://www.charlesproxy.com/documentation/proxying/reverse-proxy/

Mobile mobile

Use Charles on an iOS Device (iPhone / iPad) use-charles-on-an-ios-device-(iphone-/-ipad)

SSL Connection from iPhone ssl-connection-from-iphone

Browse to http://charlesproxy.com/charles.crt from your iOS device. This will start the certificate install dialog:

Click \[ *Install*... *Install*... *Done* \] to complete installing the certificate.

http://www.charlesproxy.com/documentation/faqs/ssl-connections-from-within-iphone-applications/

Using Charles from an iOS device using-charles-from-an-ios-device

On your iOS device select \[ *Settings* -\> *Wi-FI* -\> (*YOUR\_WIFI\_NETWORK)* \]. Click on the little blue arrow next to your network, and then go down to HTTP Proxy and select “Manual”:

If you now open Safari on your iOS device and try to open a web page, you should get the following popup on the machine that's running Charles:

Click "Allow" to allow the device to use Charles to proxy all its requests.

http://www.charlesproxy.com/documentation/faqs/using-charles-from-an-iphone/

iOS - Trust any certificates ios-trust-any-certificates

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/933331/how-to-use-nsurlconnection-to-connect-with-ssl-for-an-untrusted-cert

iOS Authentication error - adobepass.ios.app cannot be found

https://tve.zendesk.com/entries/22135907-ios-authentication-error-adobepass-ios-app-cannot-be-found

Use Charles for Android

http://www.charlesproxy.com/documentation/configuration/browser-and-system-configuration

Browse to Charles proxy from your Android device.