Requests Inspector Plus
A Flutter API-inspection package for capturing REST, GraphQL, and WebSocket traffic with privacy-conscious runtime controls.
- Type
- Open source · API tooling
- Role
- Fork maintainer
- Period
- 2026 — Present
Evidence sequence
- 01View repository
- 02View on pub.dev
Public-safe record
The challenge
Mobile teams need a practical way to inspect live API traffic during development without exposing sensitive values or leaving capture enabled in every runtime.
My contribution
I maintain and extend a public fork with runtime capture gating, configurable sensitive-data masking, and clearer GraphQL operation and variable visibility.
The outcome
The published package gives Flutter teams an on-device inspector that opens on shake and supports safer debugging of REST, GraphQL, and WebSocket requests.
How I approached it
I focused the fork on making request inspection practical for everyday development while retaining control over when traffic is captured. Runtime gating keeps the tool opt-in, and sensitive-data masking helps teams avoid exposing values while troubleshooting.
The inspector combines REST, GraphQL, and WebSocket visibility in an on-device workflow. GraphQL requests additionally surface operation labels and variables so developers can identify the request they need without losing context.