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About HAR File Viewer

HAR File Viewer preview - Developer Utilities tool

Parse and summarize HTTP Archive (HAR) files. Part of the DevTools Surf developer suite. Browse more tools in the Developer Utilities collection.

Use Cases

  • Frontend developers diagnosing slow page load times
  • QA engineers documenting network failures in bug reports
  • Security auditors reviewing API calls for data leaks
  • Performance engineers analyzing third-party script impact

Tips

  • Sort entries by response time to find slow requests
  • Filter by MIME type to isolate API calls from assets
  • Check the waterfall timing to spot blocking requests

Fun Facts

  • The HAR (HTTP Archive) format was standardized by the W3C Web Performance Working Group in 2012, based on work by Jan Odvarko of Mozilla.
  • A single page load on a modern website can generate a HAR file with over 200 entries, sometimes exceeding 10 MB in size.
  • HAR files can accidentally contain sensitive data like cookies and auth tokens — the spec includes a 'comment' field to flag redacted entries.

FAQ

What's a HAR file?
HTTP Archive — a JSON dump of network activity from browser DevTools. Captures every request, response, timing, headers, and body.
What does the viewer show?
Waterfall chart of requests, per-request details (timing, size, headers, body), and summary stats (total time, transferred bytes, blocking requests).
Can I see the response body?
Yes — full request and response bodies are in the HAR. The viewer displays them with content-type-aware rendering (JSON, HTML, images).

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