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.
![Network tab in Chrome Developer Tools while a query is being processed.](developer-tools-network-1.png)
- Click on the first document listed in the Developer Tools console, then select the
Headers
tab.
![Viewing headers for a specific request in Chrome Developer Tools.](developer-tools-network-2.png)
That’s just scratching the surface of the wealth of information available on the Network
tab. Read these to find out more: