DevToolsPlugin

Exposes Dev Proxy messages, and information about intercepted requests and responses in Chrome DevTools.

Plugin instance definition

{
  "name": "DevToolsPlugin",
  "enabled": true,
  "pluginPath": "~appFolder/plugins/DevProxy.Plugins.dll",
  "configSection": "devTools"
}

Configuration example

{
  "devTools": {
    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnet/dev-proxy/main/schemas/v1.0.0/devtoolsplugin.schema.json",
    "preferredBrowser": "Edge"
  }
}

Configuration properties

Property	Description	Default
preferredBrowser	Which browser to use to launch Dev Tools. Supported values: Edge, EdgeDev, Chrome	Edge

Command line options

None

Known issues

Dev Tools don't open in Microsoft Edge on Windows

You use Dev Proxy on Windows and configure it to use Microsoft Edge to display Dev Tools. After you start Dev Proxy, it starts the inspector but Dev Tools don't open or they open empty.

To fix this issue:

1. Open Microsoft Edge
2. Go to Settings
3. Open System and performance
4. Disable Startup boost
5. Close all Microsoft Edge windows and processes
6. Start Dev Proxy

Next step

Inspect requests and responses using Chrome DevTools