Web Inspector -- How to get it to show cookies?

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Web Inspector -- How to get it to show cookies?

Is there a way to enable showing cookies in the Web Inspector? I can see the cookies being set by the remote site, but I cannot see the cookies being sent by my browser, even though I know there are several.

Firefox's Firebug will show all headers sent and received, but it looks like Safari is filtering some headers.

I am trying to track down a weird bug in Safari's RSS feeds. It does not seem to send cookies when making RSS feed requests.

MacBook Pro 15" Penryn, Mac OS X (10.5.8), Super noisy audio

Posted on Aug 18, 2009 9:26 AM

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Answer 1

realdpk Author

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Aug 19, 2009 10:16 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

I don't follow. Basically, the browser has the cookies, unencrypted, and it is either sending them or not sending them over the encrypted stream. With tcpdump I am unable to inspect the packets by hand, so my only debugging option is Safari's built in "Web Inspector". But since it does not show the cookies sent, only the cookies received, I'm stumped.

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Aug 18, 2009 10:19 AM in response to realdpk

HI,

With the web inspector open, select the Elements tab. On the right, in the search field, type either RSS or cookies. See if that helps.

The window on the left should show the links.

Might be some help here. http://forums.adobe.com/thread/457978

I'm just starting to get used to the web inspector myself. Very handy!

Carolyn 🙂

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realdpk Author

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Aug 18, 2009 1:27 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

They're not appearing in the Elements tab, either, I'm afraid. I know the cookies are there (I am part of a team that writes the software that sends and expects the cookies) I just can't show them in the Web Inspector.

I can see them in tcpdump (network traffic sniffer) output, but the RSS feed is on SSL, so it is encrypted.

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Answer 4

Aug 18, 2009 9:49 AM in response to realdpk

Greetings,

Cookies aren't sent by the browser; they're files that are set by a web site and read when you visit the site or a particular section of it. Web Inspector doesn't show cookies.

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Answer 5

Aug 18, 2009 1:57 PM in response to realdpk

*"so it is encrypted"*

That makes sense.

🙂

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