How to inspect network traffic from Chrome extensions

Question

I have a third party chrome extension which sends some requests to a website and gets some data. I want to analyse network traffic for those requests. I tried using Chrome debugger, but that did not work. Using tools like wireshark might work but that is a lengthy process. Is there any chrome extension/other way to accomplish this?

Answer 1

You can monitor an extension in Google Chrome by:

1. Going to Settings -> Selecting the Extensions Section. OR go to chrome://extensions/ from the Address bar.

2. Checking the Developer Mode tick box in the top right corner of the page, which will change the display to look like this:

3. Click on the link next to the extension’s Inspect Views text

4. A Developer Tools window will open up where you can monitor the extension by selecting the Network Tab at the top