API Dash ⚡️

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API Dash is a beautiful open-source cross-platform API Client that can help you easily create & customize your API requests, visually inspect responses and generate Dart code on the go.

Download

API Dash can be downloaded from the links below:

OS	Distribution	Installation Guide	CPU/Architecture	Download Link
macOS	`.dmg`	Link	Apple Silicon & Intel	Link
Windows	`.exe`	Link	64-bit	Link
Linux	`.deb`	Link	amd64	Link
	`.deb`	Link	arm64	Link
	`.rpm`	Link	x86_64	Link
	`.rpm`	Link	aarch64	Link

A Quick Glimpse of API Dash ⚡️ (Demo Video)

Demo Video on Youtube - Link (In case there is an error loading the embedded video below 👇)

API.Dash.Demo.v0.2.mp4

List of Features

↗️ Create & Customize API Requests

Create different types of HTTP requests (GET, HEAD, POST, PATCH, PUT and DELETE).
Easily manipulate and play around with request inputs like headers, query parameters and body.
Full support to send text content with 🥳 Unicode/Emoji and preview any API response containing Unicode/Emoji.

🔎 Visually Preview and Download Data & Multimedia API Responses

Inspect the API Response (HTTP status code, error message, headers, body, time taken).
View formatted code previews for responses of various content types like JSON, XML, YAML, HTML, SQL, etc.
API Dash helps explore, test & preview Multimedia API responses which is not supported by any other API client. You can directly test APIs that return images, PDF, audio & more. Check out the full list of supported mimetypes/formats here.
Save 💾 response body of any mimetype (image, text, etc.) directly in the Downloads folder of your system by clicking on the Download button.

👩🏻‍💻 Code Generation

We started out as the only open source API client that supports advanced Dart code generation so that you can easily integrate APIs in your Dart/Flutter project or directly run it on DartPad. But, now API Dash supports generation of well-tested integration codes for JavaScript, Python, Kotlin & various other languages. You can check out the full list of supported languages/libraries.

🌙 Full Dark Mode Support

Easily switch between light mode and dark mode.

💼 Organize Requests in Collection Pane

Press and Drag to Re-arrange requests.
Double-click to rename requests.
Click and open popup menu to duplicate and delete a request.

💾 Data

Data is persisted locally on the disk. To save the current snapshot, just press the Save button in the collection pane.
Export your data into a HAR (HTTP Archive) file that can be version controlled & can be directly imported in other API Clients like Postman, Paw, etc. To access this option goto Settings > Export Data.

⚙️ Settings & Other Options

Customize various options using a dedicated Settings screen.
Window Configuration (Size & Position) is persisted and restored on app start. (Only macOS & Windows)

Code Generators

API Dash currently supports API integration code generation for the following languages/libraries.

Language	Library
cURL
HAR
Dart	`http`
JavaScript	`axios`
JavaScript	`fetch`
JavaScript (`node.js`)	`axios`
JavaScript (`node.js`)	`fetch`
Python	`http.client`
Python	`requests`
Kotlin	`okhttp3`

We welcome contributions to support other programming languages/libraries/frameworks. Please check out more details here.

MIME Types supported by API Dash Response Previewer

API Dash is a next-gen API client that supports exploring, testing & previewing various data & multimedia API responses which is limited/not supported by other API clients. You can directly test APIs that return images, PDF, audio & more.

Here is the complete list of mimetypes that can be directly previewed in API Dash:

File Type	Mimetype	Extension	Comment
PDF	`application/pdf`	`.pdf`
Image	`image/apng`	`.apng`	Animated
Image	`image/avif`	`.avif`
Image	`image/bmp`	`.bmp`
Image	`image/gif`	`.gif`	Animated
Image	`image/jpeg`	`.jpeg` or `.jpg`
Image	`image/jp2`	`.jp2`
Image	`image/jpx`	`.jpf` or `.jpx`
Image	`image/pict`	`.pct`
Image	`image/portable-anymap`	`.pnm`
Image	`image/png`	`.png`
Image	`image/sgi`	`.sgi`
Image	`image/svg+xml`	`.svg`	Partial support. See issue foss42#20
Image	`image/tiff`	`.tiff`
Image	`image/targa`	`.tga`
Image	`image/vnd.wap.wbmp`	`.wbmp`
Image	`image/webp`	`.webp`
Image	`image/xwindowdump`	`.xwd`
Image	`image/x-icon`	`.ico`
Image	`image/x-portable-anymap`	`.pnm`
Image	`image/x-portable-bitmap`	`.pbm`
Image	`image/x-portable-graymap`	`.pgm`
Image	`image/x-portable-pixmap`	`.ppm`
Image	`image/x-tga`	`.tga`
Image	`image/x-xwindowdump`	`.xwd`
Audio	`audio/flac`	`.flac`
Audio	`audio/mpeg`	`.mp3`
Audio	`audio/mp4`	`.m4a` or `.mp4a`
Audio	`audio/x-m4a`	`.m4a`
Audio	`audio/wav`	`.wav`
Audio	`audio/wave`	`.wav`

We welcome PRs to add support for previewing other multimedia mimetypes. Please go ahead and raise an issue so that we can discuss the approach. We are adding support for other mimetypes with each release. But, if you are looking for any particular mimetype support, please go ahead and open an issue. We will prioritize it's addition.

Here is the complete list of mimetypes that are syntax highlighted in API Dash:

Mimetype	Extension	Comment
`application/json`	`.json`	Other mimetypes like `application/geo+json`, `application/vcard+json` that are based on `json` are also supported.
`application/xml`	`.xml`	Other mimetypes like `application/xhtml+xml`, `application/vcard+xml` that are based on `xml` are also supported.
`text/xml`	`.xml`
`application/yaml`	`.yaml`	Others - `application/x-yaml` or `application/x-yml`
`text/yaml`	`.yaml`	Others - `text/yml`
`application/sql`	`.sql`
`text/css`	`.css`
`text/html`	`.html`	Only syntax highlighting, no web preview.
`text/javascript`	`.js`
`text/markdown`	`.md`

What's new in v0.3.0?

Visit CHANGELOG.md

Provide Feedback, Report Bugs & Request New Features

Just click on the Issue tab to raise a new issue in this repo.

Contribute to API Dash

You can contribute to API Dash in any or all of the following ways:

Ask a question
Submit a bug report
Request a new feature
Suggest ways to improve the developer experience of an existing feature
Add documentation
To add a new feature, resolve an existing issue or add a new test to the project, check out our Contribution Guidelines.

Need Any Help?

In case you need any help with API Dash or are encountering any issue while running the tool, please feel free to drop by our Discord server and we can have a chat in the #foss channel.

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