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RePost – API Tester

RePost is a Chrome extension that functions as an API tester, allowing users to make HTTP requests and inspect responses directly from their browser.

Background

- RePost is a Chrome extension that acts as a standalone HTTP client (like Postman or Insomnia) but runs entirely inside your browser. It lets developers send GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc. requests to APIs, inspect responses, and debug web services without installing a desktop app. - The API-tester space is dominated by Postman (the de facto industry standard), so RePost positions itself as a lighter, extension-based alternative for quick testing directly from the browser toolbar. - Built by the team behind RecurBate (a web-scraping service) and ReScan (another developer tool), giving it a small but existing tooling ecosystem. - Notable because Chrome extensions operate under stricter security and storage limits than desktop apps, so an API tester in this form factors differently — easier to launch, but less powerful for complex workflows.

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