Developer Tools

There are many great developer tools for working with REST APIs. Even better, most of them are free and open source. Here are a few that we really like here at ShipStation:

  • curl
    A free, open source, command-line tool that's already installed on most operating systems. Read our guide to curl to get familiar with it.

  • HTTPie
    Another free, open source, command-line tool. Whereas curl is ideal for scripting, HTTPie is optimized for interactive use. It has a very user-friendly UI, colorized and formatted output, and other features that make it really nice to use.

  • Postman
    A free, cross-platform app that makes it easy to experiment with APIs in a friendly interface.

  • Insomnia
    Another free, open source, cross-platform app that lets you experiment with APIs in a nice visual interface.