The latest update (version 11.0.15) of the HttpWatch iOS app has a new share sheet that can be opened from the browser window:

The top row of icons allow sharing the current URL with standard apps such as Mail and iMessage while the bottom row includes built-in actions and extensions from other apps:

If you already use a password manager app such as 1Password or Roboform you can now use it to fill in user names and passwords on web pages within the HttpWatch app. The 1Password app also supports filling in identity information such as name, address, credit card details, etc:

Other apps such as certificate checkers can also be used from the share sheet and we’ve included several built-in actions such as Reset Browser, Clear Cache and Open in Safari.

By selecting More… you can control which actions appear and their order in the share sheet:

Customers have been asking us to add Chrome support to HttpWatch for the last eight years or so. It’s taken much longer than we hoped, but we are excited to finally support the Chrome browser in HttpWatch 11.

Once you install HttpWatch 11 and approve the extension in Chrome you get an HttpWatch button in the toolbar:

and a context menu item:

Nearly all the features from HttpWatch for IE are available in the Chrome extension including advanced Find/Filter, customizable columns, info tips, password masking and more. Here’s a screenshot from the HttpWatch Chrome extension showing whether HTTP/2 is used and recording traffic across multiple pages:

There are few areas where we weren’t able to provide the same functionality:

• No Streams tab
• No Cache tab
• Automation API is not yet available but will be added in version 11.1
• No Render Start page event
• The HttpWatch window is always undocked from Chrome

Where possible we will address these limitations in future updates. As with previous versions there’s a free Basic edition and a paid for Professional edition allowing the easy collection of detailed log files from customers or in-house users.

We have also improved the HAR compatibility in this release – it’s now possible to save (Cache) and failing requests in a HAR log file:

Customers who purchased HttpWatch Professional 10.x on or after February 22nd 2017, or had a maintenance agreement that was active on May 22nd 2017, can use their existing license key to install version 11.x. You can check whether a free or paid upgrade to HttpWatch Professional 11.x is available by going to Help->Check For Updates.

HttpWatch shows a summary of the SSL connections used for HTTPS requests:

While this information is useful, our customers have asked for more detail about certificates, protocol versions and other aspects of the server’s configuration. There are online SSL tools that can do this but tests are often slow and cannot be used to investigate servers on local networks or in test environments.

To address these issues we have developed SSLRobot – a desktop (Mac and PC) based SSL scanning tool that quickly checks secure servers:

The tool highlights possible configuration issues that could compromise the security of a secure web server:

We’ve integrated this tool directly into HttpWatch (version 10.0.56+) so you can start a check from the SSL tab or URL context menu:

If you have a license for the current version of HttpWatch Professional you can request a free license key for SSLRobot by visiting the following page:

https://store.httpwatch.com/free-sslrobot-license/