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Visualizing Websockets

The GPTR Frontend is powered by Websockets streaming back from the Backend. This allows for real-time updates on the status of your research tasks, as well as the ability to interact with the Backend directly from the Frontend.

Inspecting Websockets​

When running reports via the frontend, you can inspect the websocket messages in the Network Tab.

Here's how:

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Am I polling the right URL?​

If you're concerned that your frontend isn't hitting the right API Endpoint, you can check the URL in the Network Tab.

Click into the WS request & go to the "Headers" tab

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For debugging, have a look at the getHost function.