How to inspect request and response headers on Safari?

Learn how to inspect request and response headers on Safari.

Steps

1. Enable Developer Mode

On Safari, first, you have to enable Develop Menu.

1. Click Safari button on top left corner.
2. Open up Safari preferences.
3. Select Advanced tab.
4. Check ‘Show Develop menu in menu bar’.

Please refer to the following image for the above listed steps.

2. Open up Safari Web Inspector

You can open by Safari Web Inspector by selecting Develop menu and click Show Web Inspector button.

Please refer to the following image for the above listed steps.

3. Open up Network tab

With web inspector opened,

1. Navigate to Network tab and you can see the files requested over network.
2. Select one of the requested items and go to its Headers item.
3. You can see the following image showing Summary, Request and Response sections.

Please refer to the following image for the above listed steps.

4. Refresh the page

1. Refresh the page by using the refresh button next to the address bar.
2. Network Request and Response Headers will be listed.

You can see network request and response headers similar to the image below.

Mac Shorcuts / Hotkeys

You would be more productive if you know the shorcuts to the above steps. When you are familiar with the shortcut keys, you can speed up and use your time on developing and solving problems.

Shortcuts or hotkeys to inspect network requests and responses on Safari:

Actions
Shortcuts

Open Safari Preference
Command + ,

Show Web Inspector
Option + Command + i

Close Web Inspector
Option + Command + i

Show JavaScript Console
Option + Command + c

Show Page Source
Option + Command + u

Empty Caches
Option + Command + e

Open Safari Preference
Command + ,

Refresh Page
Command + r

With this, you can inspect your network requests and responses on Safari.

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