The Recording tab of the Options dialog contains the following options to configure how recording is started in HttpWatch:
Select this option when recording should start only after you click Record. Recording continues until you click Stop. This is not the default for a new installation.
This is the default for a new installation. HttpWatch starts recording when the Extension window for the browser tab is opened.
Stop Recording when HttpWatch is closed
Stops recording for that browser tab when its HttpWatch Extension window is closed.
Enables automatic recording if Chrome and Edge tabs as they are opened. It does not apply to a tab created through the automation interface's New method. Changes apply to subsequently created browser tabs.
Confirmation Message
Displays a confirmation before automatic recording proceeds. Only HttpWatch Professional Edition can disable this confirmation.
Save Log file when a tab closes or every N minutes
Automatically saves a tab's HttpWatch log when the tab closes and periodically every N minutes while it remains open. Empty logs are not written.
If the interval is 0, the log is saved only when the Chrome or Edge tab closes.
Log File Format
HttpWatch Professional Edition can automatically save HWL, HAR or CSV. HttpWatch Basic Edition always uses HWL. See HttpWatch File Formats.
Write Log files to
Automatically saved log files are written to this location. The following locations are supported:
Local directories, e.g. C:\LOGFILES
Network paths, e.g. \\DEVSERVER\LOGFILES
The file name is automatically generated and contains the date/time, user name and computer name. See Automatic Recording for more information.
Automatically purge log files older than N days
If this option is selected any log files older than the specified value in days are deleted from the directory used for automatic saving. The deletion occurs just before a new log file is automatically saved by HttpWatch. Only log files written by the same user on the same computer will be deleted. If any other HttpWatch log files are present in the directory they will not be deleted.