Re: Ancilliary server accesses by browser.
From: David Wright Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 20:23:19 -0500 > I don't know what behaviour/issue you're chasing down, so I'll just > post how I typically save web pages. >From the original message, > Opening a Web page can cause a browser to refer to an ancilliary > server; > ... I'm interested to log these accesses in a file. And dsr answered, > Firefox and Chrome both have developer tools which will start > and stop such logging for you; look in their menus under Web > Developer (FF) and More Tools > Developer Tools (Chrome). That opens a report below the Web view. My description won't do it jusrtice but, if you have Firefox, clicking Web Developer > Network requires only a few ms. "A picture is worth a million words." From: David Wright > 4) Extended screenshot. RightClick on page, select Take a Screenshot, >click on Save Full Page, click on Download. That works on the Web view. A right click on the Network report has no effect. I'll make do with a plain old shot of the whole screen. > I'm not familiar with HAR, so I googled it. The wiki page has external > references, one of which points to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmsLJHikRf8 > Does this help? Limited connectivity now. Will look at the video when conditions improve. HAR and JSON are secondary to my question. I wondered whether the HAR file contained the same information as the Network display. To the best of my understanding HAR abbreviates HTML archive. Apparently recorded in JSON. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON Footnote: seems the old References are too old for the list software to link the thread. Regards, ... P. -- https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Medical_Machines https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon Tel: +1 604 670 0140Bcc: peter at easthope. ca
Re: Ancilliary server accesses by browser.
On Fri 20 Mar 2020 at 09:15:58 (-0700), pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > From: Dan Ritter > Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2019 18:31:17 -0400 > > Firefox and Chrome both have developer tools which will start > > and stop such logging for you; look in their menus under Web > > Developer (FF) ... > > Thanks. That produces a nice display. It can be printed from a > screenshot but for many Web pages the report won't fit on one screen. > Therefore I wonder about a more direct means to get a hardcopy report. > These are instructions found by Google. > > 1. Go to Menu > Web Developer > Network. > 2. Reload the page you want to get the log for. > 3. Perform the steps to cause the behavior/issue. > 4. Right click > Save All as HAR. > 5. Click on Console tab > Select All. > 6. Right-Click > Copy Message, and paste it / save on a . txt file. > > Makes sense down to 5. That selects a panel of the display but I want > a hardcopy similar to the screen after step 3. Ideas? > > Syntax of the HAR file is JSON. How is a HAR normally used? I'm not familiar with HAR, do I googled it. The wiki page has external references, one of which points to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmsLJHikRf8 Does this help? I don't know what behaviour/issue you're chasing down, so I'll just post how I typically save web pages. 1) Basic screenshot with scrot, producing a PNG/JPG/TIFF. Limited area. 2) ^P to print the page. Works well for pages produced by 'serious' people, but often unsatisfactory for pages with a high 'coo factor'. Pagination can be flaky. 3) When only the text is interesting, copy and paste with ^A^C in the browser, and Paste as appropriate in your favourite editor, ready for any tidying up. When you hit ^A (select all), check that everything you want has been selected (reverse video). There may be things, like tweet panels, that get omitted. 4) Extended screenshot. RightClick on page, select Take a Screenshot, click on Save Full Page, click on Download. The resulting file might be a PNG or JPG, possibly depending on the proportion of image content. FF might fail with an error, or fail silently, when too complicated. Some application can't read such a tall file. Ones that often do: gpicview, mupdf, xzgv. The last is easiest to navigate by keyboard. Perhaps something here will work for you. Cheers, David.
Re: Ancilliary server accesses by browser.
From: Dan Ritter Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2019 18:31:17 -0400 > Firefox and Chrome both have developer tools which will start > and stop such logging for you; look in their menus under Web > Developer (FF) ... Thanks. That produces a nice display. It can be printed from a screenshot but for many Web pages the report won't fit on one screen. Therefore I wonder about a more direct means to get a hardcopy report. These are instructions found by Google. 1. Go to Menu > Web Developer > Network. 2. Reload the page you want to get the log for. 3. Perform the steps to cause the behavior/issue. 4. Right click > Save All as HAR. 5. Click on Console tab > Select All. 6. Right-Click > Copy Message, and paste it / save on a . txt file. Makes sense down to 5. That selects a panel of the display but I want a hardcopy similar to the screen after step 3. Ideas? Syntax of the HAR file is JSON. How is a HAR normally used? Thanks! ... Peter E. -- https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Medical_Machines https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon Tel: +1 604 670 0140Bcc: peter at easthope. ca
Re: Ancilliary server accesses by browser.
From: John Hasler Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 18:43:24 -0500 > I'd use tcpdump. Will keep in mind. Thanks John, ... P. -- https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Medical_Machines https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon Tel: +1 604 670 0140Bcc: peter at easthope. ca
Re: Ancilliary server accesses by browser.
From: Dan Ritter Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2019 18:31:17 -0400 > Firefox and Chrome both have developer tools which will start > and stop such logging for you; look in their menus under Web > Developer (FF) and More Tools > Developer Tools (Chrome). Good, thanks, ... P. -- https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Medical_Machines https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Oberon Tel: +1 604 670 0140Bcc: peter at easthope. ca
Re: Ancilliary server accesses by browser.
I'd use tcpdump. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA
Re: Ancilliary server accesses by browser.
pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Opening a Web page can cause a browser to refer to an ancilliary > server; for a font or to report an access for analysis. The activity > is indicated by the URLs displayed briefly in the lower left corner of > the firefox window for example. > > I'm interested to log these accesses in a file. Wireshark is a > good possibility? Is there a configuration template for this? > Suggestions? Firefox and Chrome both have developer tools which will start and stop such logging for you; look in their menus under Web Developer (FF) and More Tools > Developer Tools (Chrome). -dsr-
