Based on our record, Insomnia REST seems to be a lot more popular than API Blueprint. While we know about 120 links to Insomnia REST, we've tracked only 9 mentions of API Blueprint. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
As for the actual process of building the contract, what works well for me is using API Blueprint-style Markdown in a compatible tool like Apiary, which renders your content into Swagger-like documentation as you type. This way, I and others can mutually "live-scribe" the API contract as we discuss, and seeing it on-screen helps to get people on the same page (and sometimes highlight potential issues that would... Source: 11 months ago
I’m not sure a JS library qualifies as a PL. Or automation software (SoftStack). Or an API description language. Or a build system. Source: about 1 year ago
Create a Proper API Documentation The following open-source projects can help you with creating documentation for your APIs: APIBluePrint Swagger. - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago
A common complaint about OpenAPI is that it’s difficult to learn and to read. Consequently, over the years we’ve seen many alternatives to OpenAPI, such as RAML, WADL, API Blueprint, and others. The problem with many of these alternatives is that in most cases they aren’t really more readable or easier to learn. Simpler description languages also tend to support less capabilities for documenting API features.... - Source: dev.to / almost 2 years ago
For the context of this post, only the first task is essential. In it, the team works together to define the API contract. They discuss data format, whether the API will be Rest or RPC, authentication, data compression, and other vital issues. The delivery of this task is the documentation, preferably in a standard like OpenAPI or API Blueprint (my preferred format). - Source: dev.to / almost 2 years ago
Use tools like Postman or Insomnia to test the API endpoints and ensure they behave as expected. - Source: dev.to / 22 days ago
We will be performing all of the authentication requests manually, however for testing purposes, you might want to use an API testing tool such as Postman or Insomnia. - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago
For a very long time, the go-to tool was curl. Great, always available command line tool. Unfortunately, there is one small issue. It’s hard to keep requests and collect them in collections, it’s great for one-time shots or debugging, but for constant working with API could be painful. To solve it, I started working with tools like Postman/Insomnia. Then eh... Strange licensing model, or changes which occurred... - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago
At first, I used Postman for testing APIs because it had a lot of features. But I switched to Insomnia because it was easier to use and kept everything organized. The big problem with Insomnia was that it deleted all my saved work when it made me create an account to keep using it. - Source: dev.to / about 2 months ago
Often used for cases where a project exposes a REST or other type of API service. Open API is a popular method of documenting such API services. It can also be used along side tools such as Swagger Codegen to produce boilerplate code for API interaction / testing purposes. There may also be support files for popular API testing tools such as Postman or Insomnia. This makes it easier at a glance to see what data is... - Source: dev.to / 4 months ago
Postman - The Collaboration Platform for API Development
Apiary - Collaborative design, instant API mock, generated documentation, integrated code samples, debugging and automated testing
Paw.cloud - Paw is a REST client for Mac.
Amazon API Gateway - Create, publish, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs at any scale
Hoppscotch - Open source API development ecosystem
Django REST framework - Django REST framework is a toolkit for building web APIs.