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 and Git. See the .nvmrc file located in the project for the correct Node version.

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 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

If you are on Linux, you may need to install the following supporting packages

# Update library
sudo apt-get update

# Install font configuration library & support
sudo apt-get install libfontconfig-dev
sudo apt-get install font-manager

# Build capability for required font-scanner package
sudo apt-get install build-essential

Also on Linux, if Electron is failing during the bootstrap process, run the following

# Clear Electron install conflicts
rm -rf ~/cache/electron

If you are on Windows and have problems, you may need to install Windows Build Tools

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

Search, discover, and install plugins from the Insomnia Plugin Hub!

Community Projects

Insomnia Documenter – Generate beautiful API documentation pages using the documenter plugin or your Insomnia export file.
GitHub API Spec Importer – A complete set of GitHub REST API route specifications that can be imported straight into Insomnia.
Swaggymnia – Generate Swagger documentation for your existing API in Insomnia.

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