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.

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 and code of conduct. 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

This repository is structured as a monorepo and contains many Node.JS packages. Each package has its own set of commands, but the most common commands are available from the root [package.json](package.json) and can be accessed using the npm run ... command. Here are the only three commands you should need to start developing on the app.

# Install and Link Dependencies
npm run bootstrap

# Run Tests
npm test

# Start App with Live Reload
npm run app-start

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.

Chance – Generates a random value using Chance.JS
Custom Timestamp – Advanced timestamp creator
Default Headers – Set default headers on requests
Defaults - Set request defaults through your environment
Faker - Generate Faker data right within Insomnia!
Github Apps – Generates a JWT for auth with the GitHub API as your GitHub App
Javascript Eval - Evaluate/run Javascript code
JWT Decode – Decode header or payload of JWT tokens
OS Util – Get OS information
Random Credit Card – Generate random credit card numbers
Random Number – Generate a random integer between a minimum and maximum
Random UK Sort Code – Generate random UK bank sort codes
Swagger Validator – Validate an API response to a swagger spec
XDebug – Enable Xdebug debugging by adding an XDEBUG_SESSION cookie to the request

Community Projects

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

snakewa/insomnia