Using the Predefined Actions of the Rules Tab

Environment

Product
Product Version	1.5.0 and above
Operating System	macOS, Windows, and Linux

Description

The Rules tab is a powerful debugging functionality in Fiddler Everywhere. How can I use each of the predefined actions in the Actions drop-down as DAT files and customize a rule by adding a Custom response file or a Manual Response?

Solution

The main idea behind the Rules tab is to provide a set of rules based on match rules and actions, which quickly mock a server response and behavior without the need to modify the server. Within seconds, you can execute many complex and different rules, and test your site against multiple scenarios.

All response modification actions are final. Final actions will immediately stop any other consecutive actions and rules from execution.

Using the Predefined Actions in Rule Builder

The Actions drop-down menu provides several options named XXX.dat where XXX is a descriptive name of the response.

The content of each predefined DAT file is as follows:

• 200_FiddlerGif.dat

  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:49:29 GMT
  FiddlerTemplate: True
  Content-Length: 308
  Content-Type: image/gif
  
  GIF89a# #encoded string for a sample GIF follows here
  

• 200_SimpleHTML.dat

  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  FiddlerTemplate: True
  Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:49:29 GMT
  Content-Length: 51
  
  This is a simple Fiddler-returned <B>HTML</B> page.
  

• 200_TransPixel.dat

  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:49:29 GMT
  FiddlerTemplate: True
  Content-Type: image/gif
  Content-Length: 49
  
  GIF89a #encoded string for a transparent GIF follows here
  

• 204_NoContent.dat

  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
  FiddlerTemplate: True
  Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:49:29 GMT
  Content-Length: 0
  

• 302_Redirect.dat

  HTTP/1.1 302 Redirect
  FiddlerTemplate: True
  Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:49:29 GMT
  Location: http://www.fiddler2.com/sandbox/FormAndCookie.asp
  Content-Length: 0
  

• 303_RedirectWithGet.dat

  HTTP/1.1 303 Redirect Using GET
  FiddlerTemplate: True
  Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:49:29 GMT
  Location: http://www.fiddler2.com/sandbox/FormAndCookie.asp
  Content-Length: 0
  

• 304_NotModified.dat

  HTTP/1.1 304 Not Modified
  FiddlerTemplate: True
  Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:49:29 GMT
  Content-Length: 0
  

• 307_RedirectWithMethod.dat

  HTTP/1.1 307 Redirect using same Method
  FiddlerTemplate: True
  Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:49:29 GMT
  Location: http://www.fiddler2.com/sandbox/FormAndCookie.asp
  Content-Length: 0
  

• 401_AuthBasic.dat

  HTTP/1.1 401 Authentication Required
  FiddlerTemplate: True
  Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:49:29 GMT
  WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="Fiddler"
  Content-Type: text/html
  Content-Length: 520
  
  Fiddler: HTTP/401 Basic Server Auth Required.    
  

• 401_AuthDigest.dat

  HTTP/1.1 401 Authentication Required
  FiddlerTemplate: True
  Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:49:29 GMT
  WWW-Authenticate: Digest realm="[e-mail]",qop="auth,auth-int",nonce="dcd98b7102dd2f0e8b11d0f600bfb0c093",opaque="5ccc069c403ebaf9f0171e9517f40e41"
  Content-Type: text/html
  Content-Length: 520
  
  Fiddler: HTTP/401 Digest Server Auth Required.
  

• 403_AuthDeny.dat

  HTTP/1.1 403 Access Denied
  FiddlerTemplate: True
  Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:49:29 GMT
  Content-Length: 520
  
  Fiddler: HTTP/403 Access Denied.   
  

• 404_Plain.dat

  HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
  FiddlerTemplate: True
  Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:49:29 GMT
  Content-Type: text/html
  Content-Length: 520
  
  Fiddler: HTTP/404 Not Found
  

• 407_ProxyAuthBasic.dat

  HTTP/1.1 407 Proxy Auth Required
  FiddlerTemplate: True
  Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:49:29 GMT
  Proxy-Authenticate: Basic realm="Fiddler (just hit Ok)"
  Content-Type: text/html
  Content-Length: 520
  
  Fiddler: HTTP/407 Proxy Auth Required.
  

• 502_Unreachable.dat

  HTTP/1.1 502 Unreachable Server
  Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:49:29 GMT
  FiddlerTemplate: True
  Content-Type: text/html
  Content-Length: 520
  
  Fiddler: HTTP/502 unreachable server.
  

Using the Custom Response File

The Actions drop-down of the Rule Builder provides an option to load your own custom DAT file with an entirely custom HTTP response:

1. Scroll the drop-down Actions menu and select Response file.
2. In the file selection window, load the DAT file with the custom HTTP response.
3. Click Save to create or update the rule.

Using the Custom Manual Response

Another option that the Rule Builder provides is to create the mocked custom HTTP response manually:

1. Scroll the drop-down Actions menu and select Manual Response.
2. Write the custom HTTP response in the text field.
3. Click Save to create or update the rule.