Insomnia REST Client

Insomnia is a cross-platform REST client, built on top of Electron.

Download

Insomnia is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux and can be downloaded from the website.

https://insomnia.rest/download

Bugs and Feature Requests

Have a bug or a feature request? First, read the issue guidelines and search for existing and closed issues. If your problem or idea is not addressed yet, please open a new issue.

For more generic product questions and feedback, join the Slack Team or email support@insomnia.rest

Contributing

Please read through our contributing guidelines. Included are directions for opening issues, coding standards, and notes on development.

Editor preferences are available in the editor config for easy use in common text editors. Read more and download plugins at editorconfig.org.

Developing

Development on Insomnia can be done on Mac, Windows, or Linux as long as you have NodeJS 8 and Git.

Initial Dev Setup

# Install dependencies and build add-ons for Electron
npm install
npm run rebuild

# Start app
npm run dev

# Run tests
npm test

Editor Requirements

You can use any editor you'd like, but make sure to have support/plugins for the following tools:

ESLint – For catching syntax problems and common errors
JSX Syntax – For React components
Flow – For type annotations

Plugins

Here is a list of plugins available for installation via NPM.

JWT Decode – Decode header or payload of JWT tokens
XDebug – Enable Xdebug debugging by adding an XDEBUG_SESSION cookie to the request.
Default Headers – Set default headers on requests
Random Number – Generate a random integer between a minimum and maximum
Random Credit Card – Generate random credit card numbers

Community Projects

Swaggymnia – Generate Swagger documentation for your existing API in Insomnia.

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