# Recommend me a URL logger **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 23, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-url-logger/775495 "2016-12-23T23:48:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-url-logger/775495/1 "2016-12-23T23:48:15Z")
I’m using Google Chrome and want a log of every URL Chrome accesses. This is primarily to catch malware. I could install a proxy server, but that seems excessive. Is there a simpler route? ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-url-logger/775495/2 "2016-12-24T01:29:34Z")
click the 3 dots in the upper right corner of your chrome browser and choose “History” or ctrl+H No idea if that tracks malware pages because I use an adblocker and have chrome set to not allow pop-ups unless I allow it for a site. ETA: never mind… you probably want something fancier than that. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-url-logger/775495/3 "2016-12-24T01:41:10Z")
3 dots \> more tools \> developer tools \>sources tab will give you all the URLs for any page. Is there an option in there somewhere that will generate a log maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-url-logger/775495/4 "2016-12-24T01:49:58Z")
Try playing about with chrome://net-internals/ too ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-url-logger/775495/5 "2016-12-24T09:22:03Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > ETA: never mind… you probably want something fancier than that. That just logs the main pages, not all the junk the pages I visit pull in from wherever. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-url-logger/775495/6 "2016-12-24T09:28:03Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Try playing about with chrome://net-internals/ too Good spot. The Events log in there is basically what I want, but continuously logging, and perhaps trimmed to the last week or so. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-url-logger/775495/7 "2016-12-24T12:43:32Z")
I downloaded _Fiddler 4_, freeware that does what you ask and more. One feature (the reason I downloaded it in the first place) is: you can substitute your own file for any net-requested file, e.g. use your own modified version of a Javascript whenever a page requests that Javascript! Things for reminding me of it: I’ve just fired it up and may play with it some more. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-url-logger/775495/8 "2016-12-24T12:45:31Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I downloaded _Fiddler 4_, freeware that does what you ask and more. One feature (the reason I downloaded it in the first place) is: you can substitute your own file for any net-requested file, e.g. use your own modified version of a Javascript whenever a page requests that Javascript! > > [del]Things[/del] Thanks for reminding me of it: I’ve just fired it up and may play with it some more. ETA: I often type near-homonyms of an intended word, as I’ve shown here by leaving the wrong word, rubbed out. Does this mental disorder have a name?