on desktop we just click F12 and go to the network tab

but on mobile apps? I want to spy on what api endpoint they are calling .

There are apps like these:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?...tor&hl=en&gl=US

burp suite (paid) or zed application proxy (free).

however, nowadays there are "protections" that mobile apps can use to prevent others from studying their traffic. for better or for worse, attackers also created countermeasures to these protections: frida, etc.

guides / tutorials are plenty on the net. if it's not just for fun, you should probably hire a professional to help you. or get proper (paid) training on using those tools i mentioned.

Here's another idea but I don't remember the exact implementation.

I used my laptop as a proxy for my Android phone. On the laptop I run Wire Shark to monitor the network activity. This exposes the API endpoints and other nasty stuff.

At least that's why I remember it anyway.

for some reason it isnt working lol

it pops a message on first launch saying it doesnt work after android 10 something something.

anyway i give up

i wanted to scrap a mobile app by knowing what API it uses, since its web version uses server side rendering and put all the data into an image. i'll just use ML to reverse engineer the image back into data.

You may need to read the T&C before doing this.
Testing / Finding backdoor of a product without proper invitation / authorized may have legal issue.

https://github.com/venomous0x/WhatsAPI

if i understand this correctly, he did what i am trying to do , intercepted the whatsapp api and is trying to create his own whatsapp app with the api ?

what a chad

If I use WhatsApp for Web, press F12 and go to Network tab, how do I know the API being called?

Perhaps you can teach me...

since this is similar to a chat room , i belive its websocket type

found it

fiddler? charles?