How To Set Up Charles Proxy on a Windows PC
Originally published at Analyst Admin.
This guide is for anyone who needs to inspect and/or modify HTTP requests to and from your PC. For example, if you need to inspect Adobe Analytics or Google Analytics tracking beacons.
See here for the Charles for macOS Guide.
Use cases:
- QA/verify Adobe Analytics or Google Analytics tracking beacons
- Inspect and/or transform HTTP requests to and from your PC
- Throttle connection either to specific hosts or all hosts
- Local proxy for websites, apps, Universal Windows Platform (UWP), or Android Studio
- Set up Windows 10 to proxy for iOS, iPhone, iPad, Android, tvOS, and Apple TV
Charles Proxy is a powerful website optimization and QA tool for developers, analysts, and engineers. With Charles, you can monitor exactly how your application communicates with a remote server.
Part 1 — Certificate Set Up
The first part of the guide will help you add the Charles SSL Certificate to your PC so that Charles can decrypt any local HTTPS traffic.
Step 0 — Download and install Charles
Step 1 — Open Charles then go to Help > SSL Proxying > Install Charles Root Certificate
Step 2 — Click “ Install Certificate”
Step 3 — Select either “Current User” or “Local Machine”. I recommend “ Current User” for most users.
Step 4 — Select “Place all certificates in the following store” then click “Browse”
Step 5 — Select “Trusted Root Certification Authorities” then click “OK“
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Originally published at https://analystadmin.com on November 4, 2020.
