Debugging web requests for APIs

[qmest]

Hi,

I have a dataset that is obtained from web apis. The data refresh is failing but because i can't see in which table or query it fails, i was trying to see web traffic between my desktop and the API endpoint. Is there such a tool for this, even if it's external to powerbi?

Thanks.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

HI @qmest,

You can try to use fiddler trace to deploy a local proxy server to trace all the requests, then you can simply trace these request and correspond response for test.

Fiddler Classic | Original Web Capturing Tool for Windows (telerik.com)

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng

[lbendlin]

Most people seem to use Postman.  You can also use the Developer Tools in Edge.