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Is there a recommended add-ons in the firefox, which is has the most features that postman have?

Noitidart
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    Why don't you just use Chrome instead? – benjaminz Oct 07 '15 at 16:32
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    @benjaminz, Why chrome. Just because you are using it. Firefox is a capable browser, and the poster asked for Firefox plugins, so keep it relevant please. – crafter Mar 14 '16 at 07:37
  • @crafter I thought Postman was a Chrome-only app, is it not? That's why I suggested Chrome. – benjaminz Mar 15 '16 at 00:11
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    [on-topic](https://stackoverflow.com/help/on-topic) reads: "software tools commonly used by programmers", so I believe it's not off-topic. Thanks for asking! – Betlista Jan 09 '20 at 08:46
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    @Betlista Guidelines state questions should not be for opinions or recommendations. Too subjective and prone to flame wars. – Suncat2000 Dec 24 '20 at 14:36
  • You can now use Postman directly in your browser (FF, Chrome, Safari...): https://go.postman.co/ – Arlemi Apr 07 '21 at 14:01

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There's a few:

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    They are not good at postman !! – Boler Jul 07 '15 at 01:14
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    He is right RESTClient and REST Easy are not as good as POSTMAN, my answer below gives a good alternative. @Noitidart – melloc Sep 10 '15 at 22:10
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    I know this is an old post, but beware of RESTClient and its open bugs, like https://github.com/chao/RESTClient/issues/102 – rbarriuso Apr 19 '16 at 11:42
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    also Http Requester https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/httprequester/ – Sumit Apr 26 '16 at 05:15
  • @melloc, the Environment function is really important, you need test in dev, in test, in UAT (Stage), in production. So same parameter in different environment has different value. This is why I say not good at postman. – Boler Jun 30 '16 at 09:13
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    Now Postman has native apps for windows, linux, and mac OS. So you don't have to rely on a browser, specifically chrome. – CS Pei May 03 '19 at 15:08
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I liked PostMan, it was the main reason why I kept using Chrome, now I'm good with HttpRequester

https://addons.mozilla.org/En-us/firefox/addon/httprequester/?src=search

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    I'm a diehard Firefox user, so was reluctant to switch platforms just for Postman - thanks for the tip on HttpRequester! – MandisaW Aug 13 '15 at 14:45
  • @MandisaW, I am also =D Using the Nightly - e10s build right now, the performance is great - Glad it helped :] – melloc Aug 14 '15 at 17:05
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    Excellent addon, i dont know why a firefox devuser doesnt create a postman alterative. Its pretty easy, the hard part is making the GUI pretty. – Noitidart Sep 11 '15 at 02:07
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    Definitely great REST tool, much better than REST Easy. Has requests history, pretty formatting for JSON and many other features – Olek Dec 10 '15 at 12:17
  • @rcBytes, it's not being maintained now? Last update was in Dec 2014 – Adarsh Madrecha Mar 04 '16 at 04:16
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    hey @Adarsh, I'm still using it with, never let me down = ] – melloc Mar 22 '16 at 17:45
  • @Jesse sure? I'm using it with no problem. The only problem I'm always facing is the handling of https connections, but the rest is great. – jlanza Feb 01 '17 at 20:19
  • @jlanza Hm. I am using it with https, so maybe that's it. I'll remove my previous comment just in case. Thanks for letting me know. – Jesse Feb 01 '17 at 20:54
  • @Jesse the solution I found for the https issue is: 1) access the url using firefox, 2) accept the security exception, etc. 3) then use HTTPRequester. This way I manage to access my https REST interfaces. – jlanza Feb 02 '17 at 08:24
  • Can HttpRequester capture requests directly from the browser, as Postman Interceptor does? – zeugor Feb 07 '17 at 09:34
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    It seems to not be compatible with latest firefox. The author stated that he has no intention to develop it further. Instead he suggests: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/rester/ – Alexis Panagiotopoulos Nov 25 '17 at 15:37
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    HttpRequester add-on is no more compatible with the latest Firefox release. I am using v63.0.3 – Ibrahim Quraish Nov 21 '18 at 07:33
  • Where can I download the old version? Is it available? – Danyal Jan 31 '19 at 10:17
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    The link is no longer valid. – Emadpres Apr 07 '20 at 15:06
  • You can now use Postman directly in your browser (FF, Chrome, Safari...): https://go.postman.co/ – Arlemi Apr 07 '21 at 14:00
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The feature that I'm missing a lot from postman in Firefox extensions is WebView
(preview when API returns HTML).

Now I'm settled with Fiddler (Inspectors > WebView)

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