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Inspect

The other sections find what is wrong. These commands open one request, read inside bodies, turn a capture into data, and package a result for another person or another tool.

Command What it does Page
show-entry Prints one request and response in full, with secrets masked Show an entry
search Finds text inside request and response bodies Search bodies
extract Pulls one JSON field out of every body Extract a field
export Flattens every entry into one NDJSON or CSV row Export
report Writes a markdown summary for a ticket or a document Report
curl Writes a masked curl command that repeats a request curl
handoff Writes what a backend team needs to find the failing calls Handoff

Before you share anything

These commands exist to produce output you can hand to someone else, so what they mask matters. WireTrail masks a fixed set of headers, a fixed set of JSON keys, and values that look like random tokens. It does not mask a credential it does not recognize. Two of these commands, search and extract, mask less than the others. How redaction works lists what each command does, and Handle captures safely says how to check before you send.

Recipes

  • Failures finds the requests worth inspecting.
  • JSON output for the structured form of each result.