Tip If you encounter a system prompt saying the file is damaged, was not downloaded from the Mac App Store, is from an unidentified developer, or that Apple cannot check whether it contains malicious software, please refer to the solution article “Resolving Mac Software Installation/Runtime Prompts: Damaged, Not Downloaded from the Mac App Store, From an Unidentified Developer, Apple Cannot Check Whether It Contains Malicious Software”.
Charles is a web proxy (HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor) that runs on your own computer. Then, configure your web browser (or any other Internet application) to access the Internet through Charles, and Charles can record and display all the data you send and receive.
Key Features
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SSL proxying: view SSL requests and responses in plain text
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Bandwidth throttling to simulate slower Internet connections (including latency)
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AJAX debugging: view XML and JSON requests and responses as a tree or as text
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AMF: view the contents of Flash Remoting / Flex Remoting messages in a tree view
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Repeat requests to test back-end changes
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Edit requests to test different inputs
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Breakpoints to intercept and edit requests or responses
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Validate recorded HTML, CSS, and RSS/atom responses using the W3C validator
Information
Compatibility: OS X 10.7 or later
Language: English
Website: https://www.charlesproxy.com/
What’s New in Charles Web Proxy 4.5.6
Bug fixes and fixed security vulnerabilities.
Custom SSL server certificate import has been fixed.
macOS: A security vulnerability fixed in Charles’s system proxy settings helper tool (ProxyHelper).
Unauthorized applications or users could communicate with Charles’s ProxyHelper application to change system proxy settings.