Using Fiddler, how do you identify if the submitted request failed or succeded?
Experience Level: Junior
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Answer
Whenever a browser (client) submits a request to a server, the server should answer by sending a response back to the browser (client). The response sent by the server contains a status code that defines whether the request processing was successful or not.
- The status code can be seen in the Session list.
When you double-click a request/response in the Session list, the request/response will be opened in the Inspector. You can use the following Response Inspector views:
- Raw - this view displays the whole response that was received from the server
- Headers - this view displays the response headers that were received from the server
- HexView - this view displays the response that was received from the server in hexadecimal format (on the left) and plain-text format (on the right)
The status codes with number 4xx and 5xx mean error.
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