When figuring out how to formulate the contents of a POST request it’s often useful to see the “typical” fields submitted directly from a web form.
- Open Developer Tools in Chrome. Select the
Network
tab (at the top). - Submit the form. Watch the magic happening in the Developer Tools console.

- Click on the first document listed in the Developer Tools console, then select the
Headers
tab.

That’s just scratching the surface of the wealth of information available on the Network
tab. Read these to find out more: