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 (full list of supported mime-types) and generate API integration code (full list) on the go.

Download

API Dash can be downloaded from the links below:

<table> <thead> <tr> <th>OS</th> <th>Distribution</th> <th>Installation Guide</th> <th>CPU/Architecture</th> <th>Download Link</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>macOS</td> <td><code>.dmg</code></td> <td><a href="https://github.com/foss42/apidash/blob/main/INSTALLATION.md#macos">Link</a></td> <td>Apple Silicon & Intel</td> <td><a href="https://github.com/foss42/apidash/releases/latest/download/apidash-macos.dmg">Link</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Windows</td> <td><code>.exe</code></td> <td><a href="https://github.com/foss42/apidash/blob/main/INSTALLATION.md#windows">Link</a></td> <td>64-bit</td> <td><a href="https://github.com/foss42/apidash/releases/latest/download/apidash-windows-x86_64.exe">Link</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan=5>Linux</td> <td rowspan=2><code>.deb</code></td> <td rowspan=2><a href="https://github.com/foss42/apidash/blob/main/INSTALLATION.md#debian-based-linux-distributions-debian-ubuntu-linux-mint-etc">Link</a></td> <td>amd64</td> <td><a href="https://github.com/foss42/apidash/releases/latest/download/apidash-linux-amd64.deb">Link</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>arm64</td> <td><a href="https://github.com/foss42/apidash/releases/latest/download/apidash-linux-arm64.deb">Link</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan=2><code>.rpm</code></td> <td rowspan=2><a href="https://github.com/foss42/apidash/blob/main/INSTALLATION.md#red-hat-based-linux-distributions-fedora-rocky-almalinux-centos-rhel-etc">Link</a></td> <td>x86_64</td> <td><a href="https://github.com/foss42/apidash/releases/latest/download/apidash-linux-x86_64.rpm">Link</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>aarch64</td> <td><a href="https://github.com/foss42/apidash/releases/latest/download/apidash-linux-aarch64.rpm">Link</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><code>PKGBUILD</code> (Arch Linux)</td> <td><a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/apidash-bin">Link</a></td> <td>x86_64</td> <td><a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/apidash-bin">Link</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

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.

💼 Organize Requests in Collections & Folders

Create collections and folders to organize your requests.
Press and Drag to Re-arrange requests.
Click and open popup menu to rename, duplicate and delete a request.

🔎 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 MIME types/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 which supported advanced Dart code generation to easily integrate APIs in Dart/Flutter projects or to directly run it on DartPad. With time we have added more code-gens and currently 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.

💾 Data

Data is persisted locally on the disk. To save the current snapshot, just press the Save button in the collection pane.
Click and open the collection/folder popup menu to export it as HAR. This can be version controlled & can be directly imported in other API Clients like Postman, Paw, etc.
Export your entire data into a HAR (HTTP Archive) file. 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	Comment/Issues
cURL
HAR
C	`libcurl`
C#	`HttpClient`
C#	`RestSharp`
Dart	`http`
Dart	`dio`
Go	`net/http`
JavaScript	`axios`
JavaScript	`fetch`
JavaScript (`node.js`)	`axios`
JavaScript (`node.js`)	`fetch`
Python	`requests`
Python	`http.client`
Kotlin	`okhttp3`
Ruby	`faraday`
Ruby	`net/http`
Rust	`reqwest`
Rust	`ureq`
Rust	`Actix Client`
Java	`asynchttpclient`
Java	`HttpClient`
Java	`okhttp3`
Java	`Unirest`
Julia	`HTTP`
PHP	`curl`
PHP	`guzzle`
PHP	`HTTPlug`

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 MIME types that can be directly previewed in API Dash:

File Type	Mimetype	Extension	Comment
PDF	`application/pdf`	`.pdf`
Video	`video/mp4`	`.mp4`
Video	`video/webm`	`.webm`
Video	`video/x-ms-wmv`	`.wmv`
Video	`video/x-ms-asf`	`.wmv`
Video	`video/avi`	`.avi`
Video	`video/msvideo`	`.avi`
Video	`video/x-msvideo`	`.avi`
Video	`video/quicktime`	`.mov`
Video	`video/x-quicktime`	`.mov`
Video	`video/x-matroska`	`.mkv`
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`
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`
CSV	`text/csv`	`.csv`	Can be improved

We welcome PRs to add support for previewing other multimedia MIME types. Please go ahead and raise an issue so that we can discuss the approach. We are adding support for other MIME types 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 MIME types that are syntax highlighted in API Dash:

Mimetype	Extension	Comment
`application/json`	`.json`	Other MIME types like `application/geo+json`, `application/vcard+json` that are based on `json` are also supported.
`application/xml`	`.xml`	Other MIME types 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.

Roadmap

Please find the Roadmap for API Dash here.

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
Choose from our existing list of ideas
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-apidash