Reverse Proxy
1. What's it?
Reverse Proxy would create a local WebServer that transparently proxies your traffic to a remote server. By doing this way, Proxyman can capture and log your traffic.
Reverse Proxy is useful when you are working on a client that doesn't support HTTP/HTTPS Proxy or the HTTP Proxy config is too complicated.
For instance, the majority of Command-Line apps would not respect the system HTTP/HTTPS proxies, so Proxyman could not capture its traffic. To resolve it, you have to either:
Explicitly config an HTTP/HTTPS Proxy. It's complicated and depends on the network library you are using. Check out this troubleshooting to know further.
Use Reverse Proxy.
Reverse Proxy is available on Proxyman 2.29.0+.
2. Benefit
Reverse Proxy feature: You can connect to Proxyman local WebServer, and it will forward your traffic to the remote host. No need to set up an HTTP/HTTPS Proxy on your client.
Import Reverse Proxy Setting from Charles Proxy.
Preserve Host in Header.
Automatically select the available port when creating a new entry.
Able to use Breakpoint, Map Local, Scripting for Reverse Proxy traffic 💯.
3. How to use
Access Reverse Proxy tool from Tools Menu -> Reverse Proxy
Create a new entry by entering a Remote Host and Remote Port. For the Local port, Proxyman would select automatically. You can change to a different port, but it must be available.
Save.
On your client application, change the URL to http://localhost:<local_port> (e.g. http://localhost:10000)
Make a request and inspect the traffic from the Proxyman app.
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