Hi,
This is probably a problem with Postman as I seem to have the same issue trying to proxy with Charles. I followed instructions http://blog.getpostman.com/2017/09/29/client-proxy-settings-in-postman/ with Postman app open but I am unable to connect to WiFi with proxy settings on. Do you have any ideas on troubleshooting this? I am using default port of 5555 and my macbook pro’s IP. Both laptop and phone are on the same WiFi network. Thanks for any help!
Have you found a solution? Looks like I’m having the same issues
WIth my research into this issue, i’m starting to believe postman is not as good as it claims. There seems to be no fix for this problem as if it doesn’t exist. We’ve all obviously followed the tutorial exactly and have had no luck. It is a simple tutorial, so there very little room for error. I think it just does not work.
Having the same issues here as well. I connected to the WiFi by enabling Manual Proxy and entered my system’s IP Address and the port as mentioned and saved those settings. Thought that some error/success would be shown. But unfortunately, it just doesn’t do anything.
In fact, my internet doesn’t function in the phone after that.
Am I doing something wrong? Or is it the same problem we all are facing?
I’m not sure which tutorial everyone is getting stuck on. The linked article is not a tutorial. The docs describe an example of inspecting HTTP network calls made from your phone: https://learning.postman.com/docs/sending-requests/capturing-request-data/capturing-http-requests/#using-postmans-proxy-example
Joyce, I am having the same issue that the above users mentioned. When configuring the HTTP proxy on my mobile device (step 3 of your link), I enter the correct IP address and port number; however, I then lose internet access on my mobile. It is still connected to the wifi, but Safari on my mobile tells me it “cannot open the page because it could not establish a connection to the server.” Therefore, my History in the Postman App remains empty as I cannot navigate to any websites. Please advise on how to correct this
Are you selecting “Manual” proxy to input your IP and port?
I just tried this on my own Android phone. If I set up a Static (instead of DHCP), my connection also turns off. So try configuring it under “Manual” instead. This blog post has a nice screenshot of Android settings: https://blog.postman.com/debug-api-requests-mobile-postman-proxy/
Thanks for the quick reply Joyce. I am selecting “Manual”, and also I am actually on an iPhone. I have realized that some websites work but others dont. Weirdly, google.com does not work, but less popular websites seem to work such as finviz.com, or a specific url that goes to a specific page of a website. However, the ones that do work, I get prompted by my phone that “This Connection Is Not Private”, and I have to say i understand the risks involved before visiting the website. I believe this is because I do not see the ‘Postman Proxy CA’ certificate in my Keychain Access Certificates. Do you know of any reasons why I do not see this certificate? Or why only certain websites work for me?
Sounds like you’re trying to proxy https (or HSTS enabled) sites? Postman recently released support for this. You’ll need to install a self-signed certificate authority in order to proxy most remote web traffic.
Thank you! navigating to ~/Library/Application Support/Postman/proxy was not very easy but i was able to figure it out by watching a youtube video on finding the ‘Application Support’ folder
hi did anyone solve this issue? i get this on my phone
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hi joyce, can you please record a newer video for this. i spent 3 days trying to figure out how to make it work.
What I’ve done:
Result:
Every page I visit results in “your connection is not private”
What am I doing wrong here?
You need to install the postman crt (certificate) on your phone as described here: Capturing HTTPS traffic | Postman Learning Center
This will allow to make https calls, hence no "“your connection is not private” issue