Fiddler is a web-debugging proxy used to test web APIs. It enables us to make sure that our backend APIs work as expected, before integrating with the client-side. We will use it in this book to test the REST services that we will be creating using the ASP.NET Core Web API.
Fiddler
Installing Fiddler
To install Fiddler, follow these steps:
- Open your browser and navigate to https://www.telerik.com/download/fiddler
- Fill in the required information and click the Download button
- Run the downloaded file to start the installation wizard:
- Move forward through the installation wizard until Fiddler is installed:
- To test whether or not the installation succeeded, open Fiddler by clicking on Start | All Programs | Fiddler 4
- Fiddler...