API HTTP Explorer is a modern, web-based tool that lets you build, send, and visualize HTTP requests interactively — perfect for students, developers, and anyone learning how RESTful APIs work.
Craft GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE requests, inspect response status, headers, and body, and explore real APIs with ease in a sleek developer-friendly UI.
- Test HTTP methods:
GET,POST,PUT,DELETE - Add custom headers, query parameters, and body data (JSON)
- View response status, headers, and pretty-printed body
- Copy code snippets as
fetch,axios, orcurl - Fully responsive & optimized for desktop use
- Dark mode support
- Placeholder for AI assistant to explain requests/responses
Make sure you have Node.js and npm installed.
# Step 1: Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/your-username/api-http-explorer.git
# Step 2: Navigate into the project directory
cd api-http-explorer
# Step 3: Install dependencies
npm install
# Step 4: Start the development server
npm run dev - React — UI Library
- TypeScript — Static typing
- Tailwind CSS — Styling
- Vite — Fast development bundler
- shadcn/ui — Clean component library
This project is open-source under the MIT License.
Have suggestions or want to contribute? Feel free to fork the repo and open a pull request.
Check out the live app here: api-http-explorer.vercel.app