Build a Custom Importer or Exporter
Updated on Nov 6, 2025
Sample Extension
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Create a Fiddler Classic extension project.
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Modify the default class1.cs (or create a new class) in your project as follows:
c#
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Fiddler;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Reflection;
[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")]
[assembly: Fiddler.RequiredVersion("2.4.0.0")]
[ProfferFormat("TAB-Separated Values", "Session List in Tab-Delimited Format")]
[ProfferFormat("Comma-Separated Values",
"Session List in Comma-Delimited Format; import into Excel or other tools")]
public class CSVTranscoder: ISessionExporter // Ensure class is public, or Fiddler Classic won't see it!
{
public bool ExportSessions(string sFormat, Session[] oSessions, Dictionary<string, object> dictOptions,
EventHandler<ProgressCallbackEventArgs> evtProgressNotifications)
{
bool bResult = false;
string chSplit;
// Determine if we already have a filename from the dictOptions collection
string sFilename = null;
if (null != dictOptions && dictOptions.ContainsKey("Filename"))
{
sFilename = dictOptions["Filename"] as string;
}
if (sFormat == "Comma-Separated Values")
{
chSplit = ",";
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(sFilename)) sFilename = Fiddler.Utilities.ObtainSaveFilename("Export As " + sFormat, "CSV Files (*.csv)|*.csv");
}
else
{
chSplit = "\t";
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(sFilename)) sFilename = Fiddler.Utilities.ObtainSaveFilename("Export As " + sFormat, "TSV Files (*.tsv)|*.tsv");
}
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(sFilename)) return false;
try
{
StreamWriter swOutput = new StreamWriter(sFilename, false, Encoding.UTF8);
int iCount = 0;
int iMax = oSessions.Length;
#region WriteColHeaders
bool bFirstCol = true;
foreach (ColumnHeader oLVCol in FiddlerApplication.UI.lvSessions.Columns)
{
if (!bFirstCol)
{
swOutput.Write(chSplit);
}
else
{
bFirstCol = false;
}
swOutput.Write(oLVCol.Text.Replace(chSplit, ""));
}
swOutput.WriteLine();
#endregion WriteColHeaders
#region WriteEachSession
foreach (Session oS in oSessions)
{
iCount++;
if (null != oS.ViewItem)
{
bFirstCol = true;
ListViewItem oLVI = (oS.ViewItem as ListViewItem);
if (null == oLVI) continue;
foreach (ListViewItem.ListViewSubItem oLVC in oLVI.SubItems)
{
if (!bFirstCol)
{
swOutput.Write(chSplit);
}
else
{
bFirstCol = false;
}
swOutput.Write(oLVC.Text.Replace(chSplit, ""));
}
swOutput.WriteLine();
}
if (null != evtProgressNotifications)
{
evtProgressNotifications(null, new ProgressCallbackEventArgs(, ));
ProgressCallbackEventArgs PCEA = new ProgressCallbackEventArgs((iCount/(float)iMax), "wrote " + iCount.ToString() + " records.");
evtProgressNotifications(null, PCEA);
if (PCEA.Cancel) { swOutput.Close(); return false; }
}
}
#endregion WriteEachSession
swOutput.Close();
bResult = true;
}
catch (Exception eX)
{
MessageBox.Show(eX.Message, "Failed to export");
bResult = false;
}
}
return bResult;
}
public void Dispose()
{
}
}