Send your first request

Create a collection

Collections hold related requests, for example everything for your billing API.

1. In the left panel, click Create collection (the + button) and give it a name.
2. Hover the collection, open its Actions menu and choose Add request.

Build the request

1. Pick the method (GET, POST, PUT …) and type the URL, for example https://api.example.com/bills.
2. Add query parameters under Params, or type them straight into the URL.
3. Add headers under Headers.
4. For POST and PUT, choose a body type under Body: JSON, form-data, urlencoded, binary or GraphQL.

Send and read the response

Press Send (or Ctrl + Enter). The response panel shows:

• the status code, time and size;
• Pretty JSON, Raw text and an HTML Preview;
• response Headers and Cookies;
• a Console with exactly what was sent.

Press Save (or Ctrl + S) to keep the request in the collection. For one-off calls, open a quick tab with +; it stays "not saved" until you choose to save it.

Requests are sent from our server, so public APIs work right away. Addresses like localhost or 192.168.x.x point to our server, not your computer; the desktop app reaches those.

History

Every send is kept in History for 30 days, so you can reopen an old call and its response.