# How to see HTTP requests as they are received?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-see-http-requests-as-they-are-received/175962>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 23, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-see-http-requests-as-they-are-received/175962 "2009-09-23T04:36:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![oldbug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/c0e974/32.png) [@oldbug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/oldbug)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-see-http-requests-as-they-are-received/175962/1 "2009-09-23T04:36:31Z")

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Hello Experts!

I am debugging a problem with one of my controllers in my development  
environment and I would like to see the actual HTTP request as it  
comes in. Is there some option or configuration file for mongrel  
(which is what gets started from script/server) that will display or  
log the raw HTTP requests as they come in? Is there a plugin for  
Firefox that shows what it is sending?

–wpd

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**Author:** ![oldbug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/c0e974/32.png) [@oldbug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/oldbug)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 5:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-see-http-requests-as-they-are-received/175962/2 "2009-09-23T05:19:16Z")

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Firebug for Firefox.  
Patrick D.  
escribió:\> Hello Experts!

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**Author:** ![oldbug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/c0e974/32.png) [@oldbug](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/oldbug)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-see-http-requests-as-they-are-received/175962/3 "2009-09-23T05:36:50Z")

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You can download firebug for firefox. If you go into the net tab, it  
should  
provide you a pretty good idea of what is being requested.

-Jim