Filter By Resource Type

Resource Type Filtering

Websites load hundreds of resources every time a webpage is loaded. Filtering through all of these requests is critical to identifying and capturing Internal APIs.

Nimble's Network Capture can filter requests by one or more resource types to help isolate relevant network requests.

Parameter	Required	Description
method	Optional (default = Any)	Enum | HTTP method should be filtered for. Examples: GET, POST, PUT.
resource_type	Required when filtering by resource type	List [Enums] | set all required resource type to filter.

Supported Resource Types

Some commonly used resource types include:

• xhr - XHR is an object used to interact with a server. It allows retrieving data from the server without triggering a full page refresh.

• fetch - Fetch is a method that provides an easy, logical way to fetch resources asynchronously across the network.

• stylesheet - This element corresponds to a Cascading Style Sheet.

• script - This element is used to embed executable code or data; this is typically used to embed or refer to JavaScript code.

• document - returns the main HTML document.

Example Request

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.webit.live/api/v1/realtime/web' \
--header 'Authorization: Basic <credential string>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "url": "https://www.example.com/",
    "render": true,
    "network_capture": [
        {
            "method": "GET",
            "resource_type": [
                "xhr", "script"
            ]
        }
    ]
}'

Example Response

{
    "url": "https://www.example.com/",
    "status": "success",
    "query_time": "2024-04-04T11:10:43.567Z",
    "html_content": "...",
    "status_code": 200,
    "headers": {
        ...
    },
    "input_url": "https://www.example.com/",
    "network_capture": [
        {
            "filter": {
                "method": "GET",
                "resource_type": [
                    "xhr",
                    "script"
                ]
            },
            "results": [
                {
                    "request": {
                        "resource_type": "script",
                        "method": "GET",
                        "url": "https://www.example.com/script/0001.js",
                        "headers": {
                            ...
                        }
                    },
                    "response": {
                        "status": 200,
                        "status_text": "",
                        "headers": {
                            ...
                        },
                        "serialization": "none",
			"body": "..."
                    }
                },
                {
                    "request": {
                        "resource_type": "xhr",
                        "method": "GET",
                        "url": "https://www.example.com/script/0002.js",
                        "headers": {
                            ...
                        }
                    },
                    "response": {
                        "status": 200,
                        "status_text": "",
                        "headers": {
                           ...
                        },
                        "serialization": "none",
			"body": "..."
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}