hubcap responsebody - Get the response body for a network request

When to use

Get the response body for a previously captured network request. Use the requestId from network or har output to identify which response to retrieve.

Usage

hubcap responsebody <requestId>

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description
`requestId`	string	Yes	Request identifier from `network` or `har` output

Flags

None.

Output

The response body content object.

Field	Type	Description
`body`	string	Response body content
`base64Encoded`	bool	Whether the body is base64-encoded

{"body":"{\"status\":\"ok\",\"data\":[1,2,3]}","base64Encoded":false}

Errors

Condition	Exit code	Stderr
Missing requestId argument	1	`usage: hubcap responsebody <requestId>`
Protocol error	1	`error: getting response body: ...`
Chrome not connected	2	`error: connecting to Chrome: ...`
Timeout	3	`error: timeout`

Examples

Get the response body for a specific request ID:

hubcap responsebody "1000.1"

Extract the decoded body content:

hubcap responsebody "1000.1" | jq -r '.body'

Capture network traffic and then retrieve the body for the first JSON response:

REQUEST_ID=$(hubcap network --duration 5s | jq -r 'select(.type == "response" and .mimeType == "application/json") | .requestId' | head -1)
hubcap responsebody "$REQUEST_ID" | jq -r '.body' | jq .