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View Node.js HTTPS requests inside Wireshark
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How to see Node.js HTTPS requests inside Wireshark

  • Set up a env var for Node.js:

    export SSLKEYLOGFILE=~/ssl_key_log_file.log

  • Add sslkeylog to Node.js project to wire in the key

    npm i -D sslkeylog

    yarn add sslkeylog

  • import and init sslkeylog in your test driver (or whereever you're making requests)

    import sslkeylog from 'sslkeylog';
// Make TLS traffic visible for Wireshark
sslkeylog.hookAll();

  • Wireshark -> Preferences -> Protocols -> TLS (or SSL) -> (Pre) Master secret log filename -> point to ssl_key_log_file.log

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onpaws commented Nov 8, 2020

An alternative way to see what the client sends is to use netcat:

nc -l 8080

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