Accessing Response Packet from within C# code, using an existing instance of Web Browser

Question

I am writing C# Coded UI Tests in Visual Studio 2010. To enhance the testing, I need to access all the responses coming back from the server. For instance, I am testing the Add New Member use case, if user's attempt to add a new member fails, and the UI doesn't show neither the success or failure massage, I want to be able to get more detail from the http response and show the appropriate respond to the tester.
My code first open an instance of SHDocVw.ShellWindows allBrowsers = new SHDocVw.ShellWindows(); if (allBrowsers.Count > 1) { MessageBox.Show("Number active browsers = " + allBrowsers.Count + "." + " Please close all windows and try again..."); throw new Exception("Multiple IE Instances not allow "); }

            p = Process.Start("iexplore.exe", "http://bing/");
            BrowserWindow win = new BrowserWindow();


            current.SearchProperties[BrowserWindow.PropertyNames.Name] = "Bing";
           if (p == null) throw new Exception("Could not launch IE");

Now, I need to somehow capture all the responses that server sends back to requests going out from the instance of win object?

I am not sure if there is any way to do with HttpContext or such.

Answer 1

To track responses from web server you need to setup your HTTP proxy that you can control from the tests. See How do I automate a web proxy in .NET for unit tests (including set up and tear down)? , search for something like "fiddler automation unit test" for more articles.