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title: Install API Request Tester on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of API Request Tester for Linux - HTTP/REST API
  client with collections, environments, variables & assertions
url: https://snapcraft.io/api-request-tester
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# API Request Tester

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* [Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/thanhnv128 "View all snaps from Nguyen Van Thanh (thanhnv128)")
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 2.0.0

Install latest/stable of API Request Tester

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install api-request-tester
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* api-request-tester

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* Yesterday - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [buymeacoffee.com](https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b "https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b")

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### Contact

* [buymeacoffee.com](https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b "https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/api-request-tester#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/api-request-tester#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/api-request-tester#tab-security)

#### HTTP/REST API client with collections, environments, variables & assertions

API Request Tester is a native desktop HTTP/1.1 REST and API client for
building, inspecting, organizing, and testing HTTP/HTTPS endpoints.

FEATURES:

* Request Builder & Inspector: Send real GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD,
  and OPTIONS requests via Python http.client/urllib. Configure query
  parameters, custom headers, authentication (Bearer Token, Basic Auth, API
  Key in header or query), and request bodies (JSON, x-www-form-urlencoded,
  multipart/form-data with file uploads, or raw text).
* Response Viewer & Code Export: Inspect status code, elapsed latency (ms),
  payload byte size, pretty-printed JSON or raw response body, response
  headers, Set-Cookie attributes, and export any request as a ready-to-run
  cURL command or Python 3 urllib snippet.
* SQLite Collections & Environments: Save requests into local SQLite
  collections, define environment profiles with live {{variable}}
  substitution before sending, and import/export collections as JSON.
* Assertions Test Runner & History: Attach real response assertions (status
  code equals, latency under threshold, header exists, JSON key equals, body
  contains), run batch collection test suites with pass/fail reports, and
  browse or replay your persistent SQLite request history.

Limitations: Supports HTTP/1.1 over TCP/TLS only (no HTTP/2, HTTP/3, WebSocket,
GraphQL schema introspection, or JavaScript pre-request scripting).

A lightweight Linux alternative to Postman. Disclaimer: Independent open-source project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Postman, Inc.

Support development: <https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b>

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## Install API Request Tester on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/api-request-tester/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/api-request-tester/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/api-request-tester/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/api-request-tester/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/api-request-tester/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/api-request-tester/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/api-request-tester/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/api-request-tester/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/api-request-tester/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/api-request-tester/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/api-request-tester/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/api-request-tester/ubuntu)