iOS Device

How to set up iOS/iPad Devices with Proxyman, to capture and decrypt HTTPS request/response

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Last updated 3 months ago

In order to capture HTTP/HTTPS messages in iOS devices (iPhone, iPad), please navigate to:

Certificate Menu -> Install Certificate on iOS -> Physical Device

iOS Setup Guide

⚠️ If you're iOS 16, there is an Apple bug that you could not set the HTTP Proxy. Please check out the .

Let's follow the guidelines:

Install Root Proxyman Certificate on your machine: You can follow the macOS Guide.
Get your iOS Device -> Open Setting app -> Wifi -> Select the current Wifi -> Config the HTTP Proxy by following the next tables.

Name

Value

Server IP

Your current IP Network

Port

The current port of Proxyman: 9090 is the default

Authentication

If you're using any VPN apps on macOS or iOS devices, please make sure to close all VPN apps, because they conflict with the HTTPS Proxy config.

3. Open http://proxy.man/ssl or http://cert.proxyman.io by Safari browser from your iOS Devices in order to install the Proxyman Certificate.

http://proxy.man/ssl or http://cert.proxyman.io is a local website, which serves from the local Proxyman's HTTP server. If you can't open it, please forget the wifi, re-connect, and make sure the Proxyman app is opening.

If you can't access it. Please open the support ticket at Github's repo.

4. From iOS 10.3, we have to explicitly install & trust the Proxyman CA in the Settings app

Install Proxyman CA

iOS ≥ 10.3: Setting app > General > Profiles > Select Proxyman CA > Install
iOS ≥ 12.2: Setting app > Profiles Downloaded > Select Proxyman CA > Install

Trust Proxyman CA

Setting app > General > About > Certificate Trust Settings > Switch ON on Proxyman CA.

Please make sure we install and trust the Proxyman CA on your iOS Device. If you have any problem, shoot us an email at support@proxyman.io or bump it to Github

If you cannot see any traffic from your iOS Devices, please check out this troubleshooting

Make sure that you delete the certificate on your iPhone when you're not debugging by Proxyman. If not, your HTTP/HTTPS requests can be intercepted and leak your sensitive data.

Tutorial

See detailed steps on how to debug an application on iOS device with Proxyman.

Tired of manual config?

We understand that manually overriding the HTTP Proxy and installing and trusting Proxyman Certificates is painful. Let's check out Atlantis, which is a native iOS framework that helps you do it automatically.

Atlantis for iOS

Flutter app?

You might not be able to see the Network Traffic on Proxyman if your app is a Flutter app.

Flutter does not use a system-level proxy, so requests to Proxyman will not be displayed. To do this, you must manually configure your HTTP client used in the code to work with a proxy.

Please follow the solution "Getting Charles to work with Flutter" in https://flutterigniter.com/debugging-network-requests/

To find out your local IP, please go to Certificate Menu -> Install Certificate on iOS -> Physical device and get the Server IP and Port