Postwoman 👽 - An online, open source API request builder Alternative to Postman
Tags: api, postman, opensource, javascript
Published: 2020-05-22 16:18:32

**PostWoman** is a Web alternative to Postman - Helps you create requests faster, saving precious time on development which is also an opensource API request builder
![Postwoman](https://madewithnetwork.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/spatie-space-production/9820/postwoman.jpg)
[Website](https://postwoman.io/)

##Built with 🔧
####- Chromium - Thanks for being so fast!
####- HTML - For the web framework
####- CSS - For styling components
####- JavaScript - For magic!
####- Vue - To add to the JavaScript magic!
####- Nuxt - To add to the Vue magic!

Postwoman developer
-by- **liyas Thomas**

-How it all Started-

**Story behind Postwoman:** The very first task I was assigned is an API integration of an old project. That's when I came across Postman API testing. Postman has separate builds targeted to each operating systems made with Electron. I use a low-end PC and can't possibly afford to run another Electron app. From that moment onwards, I wanted to make an API testing platform which is:

####- Open Sourced 💚
####- Runs online
####- Have multi-platform support
####- Have multi-device support
####- Accessible from anywhere
That's how Postwoman was born (this is not at all an alternative to Postman - yet, it does the job very beautifully and minimally. It needs more features and love which I hope we all can give by contributions on GitHub).

When I did a background check on API request builders, Postman offered various Plans & Pricing, there were lot of other API request builders based on CURL etc. But none of them seems simple, minimal and efficient.

That's why I created my own API request builder with pure JavaScript (Later I used Vue.js and apparently migrated to Nuxt.js) + HTML + CSS 💖

Did I mention this service is all free of charge and 100% open source? Yes, It's free and always will be.

The Postwoman API request builder helps you create your requests faster, saving you precious time on your development.
![Postwoman](https://www.saashub.com/images/app/screenshots/66/bb6c7648355f/landing-medium.jpg?1567653672)
##**Features** 🔥
####- Send requests to verify your API is ready for launch
####- GET, HEAD, POST, PUT, DELETE, OPTIONS, PATCH (more coming soon)
####- Authentication support
####- Parameters support
####- Request body support
####- View Response
####- Progressive Web App support
####- **UPDATE:** Added History support
####- **UPDATE:** Migrated to Vue Nuxt
####- **UPDATE:** Added web socket support
####- **UPDATE:** Added raw input field for PUT and POST methods
####- **UPDATE:** Added response status color
####- **UPDATE:** Added theme customization with settings storage
####- **UPDATE:** Added option to copy response to clipboard
####- **UPDATE:** Added option to view/copy HTML preview of responses
(more coming soon)

![Postwoman](https://vanila-community-proxy.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fthepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fi%2Fwq1afap81izywhg8fip0.png?expires=1589414400000&ixlib=js-1.2.1&s=ff8be4424f4e39b59f8a1fc4df19e9ac)

##Features planned for near future for which [I need your help:](https://github.com/liyasthomas/postwoman)
#### - Autocomplete
#### - Code highlight in response body~ UPDATE: Added code highlight on response body
#### - More methods
#### - History UPDATE: Added History support
HTTP support (currently I don't have money to buy a domain so I hosted on [GitHub Pages](https://github.com/liyasthomas/postwoman) which is served only on HTTPS - this makes impossible to make non-HTTPS requests from HTTPS hosting 😿)
🎁 Bonus: Postwoman is in dark mode 🌚

[**Demo** 🚀](https://postwoman.io/)

####Feel free to contribute on [GitHub](https://github.com/liyasthomas/postwoman) 💚