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How to view browser requests?

I work with another programmer, and recently he sent me a new JSON interface to work with. He said that I can see examples of all API calls by going to a specific website and looking at my browser requests. My question is: how can I look at my browser requests? I used Wireshark before to analyze the packets that one of my programs sent - does he talk about this? Does it "look at my browser requests"? Or is there an easier way to do this, perhaps on the command line?

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Use the built-in tools or available plug-ins for any browser, such as Firebug for Firefox or Chrome Developer Tools . Each of them has a tab on the network that you can use to view all GET / POST requests and responses to any type of resource.

Wireshark lets you look deeper. While browser tools will usually listen to HTTP traffic, Wireshark will allow you to listen to other protocols and each packet sent through them.

If you work with the REST API, you will be interested in using the browser tools to view incoming and outgoing calls.

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I use Firebug almost daily. This should allow you to see requests and more. I believe that this requires Firefox, but it may have been ported to Google Chrome.

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