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Charles vs Intercept.rest: What are the differences?
Charles: HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy. Charles is a web proxy (HTTP Proxy / HTTP Monitor) that runs on your own computer. Your web browser (or any other Internet application) is then configured to access the Internet through Charles, and Charles is then able to record and display for you all of the data that is sent and received; Intercept.rest: Faster API debugging. Similar to the Network tab in Chrome Dev Tools but works for any API, Mobile apps, web hooks, frontend etc..
Charles and Intercept.rest belong to "API Tools" category of the tech stack.
Some of the features offered by Charles are:
- SSL Proxying – view SSL requests and responses in plain text
- Bandwidth Throttling to simulate slower Internet connections including latency
- AJAX debugging – view XML and JSON requests and responses as a tree or as text
On the other hand, Intercept.rest provides the following key features:
- Realtime logs
- Offline support
- Collaborate better
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What is Charles?
Charles is a web proxy (HTTP Proxy / HTTP Monitor) that runs on your own computer. Your web browser (or any other Internet application) is then configured to access the Internet through Charles, and Charles is then able to record and display for you all of the data that is sent and received.
What is Intercept.rest?
Similar to the Network tab in Chrome Dev Tools but works for any API, Mobile apps, web hooks, frontend etc..
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What are some alternatives to Charles and Intercept.rest?
Fiddler
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Postman
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Insomnia REST Client
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OpenAPI
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Retrofit
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