Insomnia is an open-source, cross-platform API Client for GraphQL, REST, and gRPC.
Insomnia is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux and can be downloaded from the website.
https://insomnia.rest/download
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Development on Insomnia can be done on Mac, Windows, or Linux as long as you have Node.js 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-startIf you are on Linux, you may need to install the following supporting packages:
Ubuntu/Debian
# 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-essentialFedora
# Enable FontManager Copr (https://github.com/FontManager/font-manager#fedora-copr)
sudo dnf copr enable jerrycasiano/FontManager
# Install font configuration library & support
sudo dnf install font-manager
sudo dnf install fontconfig-devel
# Build capability for required font-scanner package
sudo dnf install make automake gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel
# Install libcurl for node-libcurl
sudo dnf install libcurl-develAlso on Linux, if Electron is failing during the bootstrap process, run the following
# Clear Electron install conflicts
rm -rf ~/.cache/electronIf 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
Search, discover, and install plugins from the Insomnia Plugin Hub!
- 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.