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Fiddler
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Download and install Fiddler
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Fiddler is a free web debugging proxy which logs all HTTP(s) traffic between your computer and the Internet. Use it to debug traffic from virtually any application that supports a proxy like IE, Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera and more.

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   :alt: Download Fiddler
	
It can be particularly helpful for debugging and analysing requests generated by CMIS Workbench.

**Download:** http://www.telerik.com/fiddler

View requests and responses
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Fiddler exposes rich functionality to help you analyze web session caching, cookie and header properties in detail: http://www.telerik.com/fiddler/web-debugging

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   :alt: Inspect a request/response

Compose requests
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With Fiddler web debugger you can manually build and send HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP requests. Alternatively, you can choose to clone a session from the web sessions list to the composer tab by using drag and drop: http://www.telerik.com/fiddler/web-session-manipulation

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   :alt: Compose a request
   
Export an archive
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Please include an exported Fiddler archive in any relevant support requests that are lodged. To retrieve the archive

- Right click on the appropriate session
- Click 'Save'
- Click 'Selected Sessions'
- Click 'in ArchiveZIP'

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   :alt: Export a fiddler request