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  • How to capture HTTP messages in TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ 5


    When troubleshooting HTTP invocation issues, it might be necessary to capture request and response messages including headers in some scenarios. This article discusses a few different options for capturing HTTP messages in TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ 5 (BW).

    1. SSL debug logging

    If the invocation is over TLS (HTTPS), TLS debug logs will contain the request and response messages. Instructions for enabling SSL debug logging can be found here.

    Sample log

    javax.net.ssl|FINE|32|Send HTTP Request0|2022-05-07 18:11:38.619 EDT|SSLCipher.java:1720|Plaintext before ENCRYPTION (  
    0000: 50 4F 53 54 20 2F 20 48   54 54 50 2F 31 2E 31 0D  POST / HTTP/1.1.  
    0010: 0A 68 6F 73 74 3A 20 31   30 2E 39 37 2E 34 38 2E  .host: 10.97.48.  
    0020: 31 30 35 3A 35 30 38 33   0D 0A 63 6F 6E 6E 65 63  105:5083..connec  
    0030: 74 69 6F 6E 3A 20 63 6C   6F 73 65 0D 0A 63 6F 6E  tion: close..con  
    0040: 74 65 6E 74 2D 74 79 70   65 3A 20 74 65 78 74 2F  tent-type: text/  
    0050: 68 74 6D 6C 3B 63 68 61   72 73 65 74 3D 55 54 46  html;charset=UTF  
    0060: 2D 38 0D 0A 61 63 63 65   70 74 2D 65 6E 63 6F 64  -8..accept-encod  
    0070: 69 6E 67 3A 20 67 7A 69   70 0D 0A 61 63 63 65 70  ing: gzip..accep  
    0080: 74 3A 20 69 6D 61 67 65   2F 67 69 66 2C 20 69 6D  t: image/gif, im  
    0090: 61 67 65 2F 78 2D 78 62   69 74 6D 61 70 2C 20 69  age/x-xbitmap, i  
    00A0: 6D 61 67 65 2F 6A 70 65   67 2C 20 69 6D 61 67 65  mage/jpeg, image  
    00B0: 2F 70 6A 70 65 67 2C 20   69 6D 61 67 65 2F 70 6E  /pjpeg, image/pn  
    00C0: 67 2C 20 2A 2F 2A 0D 0A   61 63 63 65 70 74 2D 63  g, */*..accept-c  
    00D0: 68 61 72 73 65 74 3A 20   69 73 6F 2D 38 38 35 39  harset: iso-8859  
    00E0: 2D 31 2C 2A 2C 75 74 66   2D 38 0D 0A 43 6F 6E 74  -1,*,utf-8..Cont  
    00F0: 65 6E 74 2D 4C 65 6E 67   74 68 3A 20 31 39 0D 0A  ent-Length: 19..  
    0100: 55 73 65 72 2D 41 67 65   6E 74 3A 20 41 70 61 63  User-Agent: Apac  
    0110: 68 65 2D 48 74 74 70 43   6C 69 65 6E 74 2F 34 2E  he-HttpClient/4.  
    0120: 35 2E 35 20 28 4A 61 76   61 2F 31 2E 38 2E 30 5F  5.5 (Java/1.8.0_  
    0130: 32 38 31 29 0D 0A 0D 0A   54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20  281)....This is   
    0140: 74 68 65 20 72 65 71 75   65 73 74                 the request )
    
    javax.net.ssl|FINE|32|Send HTTP Request0|2022-05-07 18:11:38.681 EDT|SSLCipher.java:1622|Plaintext after DECRYPTION (  
    0000: 48 54 54 50 2F 31 2E 31   20 32 30 30 20 4F 4B 0D  HTTP/1.1 200 OK.  
    0010: 0A 53 65 72 76 65 72 3A   20 41 70 61 63 68 65 2F  .Server: Apache/  
    0020: 48 74 74 70 43 6F 6D 70   6F 6E 65 6E 74 73 31 2E  HttpComponents1.  
    0030: 31 0D 0A 44 61 74 65 3A   20 53 61 74 2C 20 30 37  1..Date: Sat, 07  
    0040: 20 4D 61 79 20 32 30 32   32 20 32 32 3A 31 31 3A   May 2022 22:11:  
    0050: 33 38 20 47 4D 54 0D 0A   43 6F 6E 74 65 6E 74 2D  38 GMT..Content-  
    0060: 4C 65 6E 67 74 68 3A 20   32 30 0D 0A 43 6F 6E 74  Length: 20..Cont  
    0070: 65 6E 74 2D 54 79 70 65   3A 20 74 65 78 74 2F 68  ent-Type: text/h  
    0080: 74 6D 6C 3B 63 68 61 72   73 65 74 3D 55 54 46 2D  tml;charset=UTF-  
    0090: 38 0D 0A 43 6F 6E 6E 65   63 74 69 6F 6E 3A 20 63  8..Connection: c  
    00A0: 6C 6F 73 65 0D 0A 0D 0A   54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20  lose....This is   
    00B0: 74 68 65 20 72 65 73 70   6F 6E 73 65              the response )

    2. Network packet capture

    If the invocation is not over TLS (HTTP), the request and response messages can be extracted from network packets.

    On Linux machines, use tcpdump to capture network packets. On Windows, use Wireshark. If Wireshark is not available on the machine where the BW applicaiton is running, some other options for capturing network packets on Windows machines can be found here

    Extracting HTTP messages from packet capture output

    Open the packet capture output in Wireshark. Use a filter to list the relevant network packets. For example, if the server is listening on port 5083, use the filter tcp.port==5083. 

    WS1.jpg.69a4d59fb3c4f7b704836ef04b92f6ad.jpg

    Right-click on one of the packets, click on Follow and then click on TCP Stream.

    WS2.jpg.905058e29ffd3ff262084f1cf1200d7e.jpg

    The data exchanged over the connection will be shown in a new window.

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    3. Apache HttpClient debug logging

    In cases where BW is the client (Send HTTP Request/SOAP Request Reply), it is possible to get the request and response messages logged by enabling Apache HttpClient debug logging. Instructions for enabling Apache HttpClient debug logging can be found here.

    Sample log

    2022 May 07 18:00:27:438 GMT -0400 BW.SimpleHTTP Debug [org.apache.http.wire] BW-EXT-LOG-300002 http-outgoing-0 >> "POST / HTTP/1.1[\r][\n]" 
    2022 May 07 18:00:27:454 GMT -0400 BW.SimpleHTTP Debug [org.apache.http.wire] BW-EXT-LOG-300002 http-outgoing-0 >> "host: 10.97.48.105:5083[\r][\n]" 
    2022 May 07 18:00:27:454 GMT -0400 BW.SimpleHTTP Debug [org.apache.http.wire] BW-EXT-LOG-300002 http-outgoing-0 >> "connection: close[\r][\n]" 
    2022 May 07 18:00:27:454 GMT -0400 BW.SimpleHTTP Debug [org.apache.http.wire] BW-EXT-LOG-300002 http-outgoing-0 >> "content-type: text/html;charset=UTF-8[\r][\n]" 
    2022 May 07 18:00:27:454 GMT -0400 BW.SimpleHTTP Debug [org.apache.http.wire] BW-EXT-LOG-300002 http-outgoing-0 >> "accept-encoding: gzip[\r][\n]" 
    2022 May 07 18:00:27:454 GMT -0400 BW.SimpleHTTP Debug [org.apache.http.wire] BW-EXT-LOG-300002 http-outgoing-0 >> "accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, image/png, */*[\r][\n]" 
    2022 May 07 18:00:27:454 GMT -0400 BW.SimpleHTTP Debug [org.apache.http.wire] BW-EXT-LOG-300002 http-outgoing-0 >> "accept-charset: iso-8859-1,*,utf-8[\r][\n]" 
    2022 May 07 18:00:27:454 GMT -0400 BW.SimpleHTTP Debug [org.apache.http.wire] BW-EXT-LOG-300002 http-outgoing-0 >> "Content-Length: 19[\r][\n]" 
    2022 May 07 18:00:27:454 GMT -0400 BW.SimpleHTTP Debug [org.apache.http.wire] BW-EXT-LOG-300002 http-outgoing-0 >> "User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.5.5 (Java/1.8.0_281)[\r][\n]" 
    2022 May 07 18:00:27:454 GMT -0400 BW.SimpleHTTP Debug [org.apache.http.wire] BW-EXT-LOG-300002 http-outgoing-0 >> "[\r][\n]"  
    2022 May 07 18:00:27:454 GMT -0400 BW.SimpleHTTP Debug [org.apache.http.wire] BW-EXT-LOG-300002 http-outgoing-0 >> "This is the request"
    
    2022 May 07 18:00:27:532 GMT -0400 BW.SimpleHTTP Debug [org.apache.http.wire] BW-EXT-LOG-300002 http-outgoing-0 << "HTTP/1.1 200 OK[\r][\n]" 
    2022 May 07 18:00:27:532 GMT -0400 BW.SimpleHTTP Debug [org.apache.http.wire] BW-EXT-LOG-300002 http-outgoing-0 << "Server: Apache/HttpComponents1.1[\r][\n]" 
    2022 May 07 18:00:27:532 GMT -0400 BW.SimpleHTTP Debug [org.apache.http.wire] BW-EXT-LOG-300002 http-outgoing-0 << "Date: Sat, 07 May 2022 22:00:27 GMT[\r][\n]" 
    2022 May 07 18:00:27:532 GMT -0400 BW.SimpleHTTP Debug [org.apache.http.wire] BW-EXT-LOG-300002 http-outgoing-0 << "Content-Length: 20[\r][\n]" 
    2022 May 07 18:00:27:532 GMT -0400 BW.SimpleHTTP Debug [org.apache.http.wire] BW-EXT-LOG-300002 http-outgoing-0 << "Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8[\r][\n]" 
    2022 May 07 18:00:27:532 GMT -0400 BW.SimpleHTTP Debug [org.apache.http.wire] BW-EXT-LOG-300002 http-outgoing-0 << "Connection: close[\r][\n]" 
    2022 May 07 18:00:27:532 GMT -0400 BW.SimpleHTTP Debug [org.apache.http.wire] BW-EXT-LOG-300002 http-outgoing-0 << "[\r][\n]" 
    2022 May 07 18:00:27:532 GMT -0400 BW.SimpleHTTP Debug [org.apache.http.wire] BW-EXT-LOG-300002 http-outgoing-0 << "This is the response" 
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