Hoppscotch Browser Extensions
Enhance your Hoppscotch API development workflow with browser extensions for proxying and CORS fixes.
Executive Summary
Hoppscotch Browser Extensions are designed to complement the Hoppscotch API development platform, providing essential functionalities directly within the browser environment. These extensions primarily address common challenges faced by developers, such as managing proxy settings and resolving Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) issues, which are crucial for seamless API testing and development. By integrating with the browser, the extensions streamline the workflow for developers using Hoppscotch, allowing them to bypass browser-imposed security restrictions like CORS policies and route requests through custom proxies. This direct browser-level control ensures a more efficient and less cumbersome API testing experience, enabling developers to focus on building and refining their APIs without environmental roadblocks.
Use Cases
- Proxying API requests through a custom server for testing and development.
- Bypassing CORS restrictions during local API development and testing.
- Enhancing the Hoppscotch web application's ability to make requests to various endpoints.
- Debugging network requests made from the browser for API development.
Features
Visibility
- Proxy Configuration: Allows users to define and switch between different proxy servers for outgoing requests.
- CORS Bypass Control: Provides options to enable or disable CORS bypassing for specific domains or globally.
- Request Modification: Enables modification of request headers to resolve CORS issues.
Technical Specifications
- Architecture
- Client-side browser extension architecture, utilizing browser's web request APIs to modify network traffic.
- Deployment
- Browser Extension
- API Available
- No
- MCP Server
- No
Integrations
- Hoppscotch Web Application
Pricing
- Model
- Free
- Starting Price
- Free
- Target Customer
- Developers,API Testers
- Contract Type
- N/A
- Free Trial
- No (no credit card required)
About Hoppscotch
Hoppscotch is an open-source API development ecosystem that provides a lightweight and fast alternative to traditional API clients like Postman. It offers tools for building, testing, and sharing APIs across various protocols, including HTTP, GraphQL, WebSocket, Socket.IO, and MQTT. The platform is trusted by millions of developers and supports both cloud and self-hosted deployments.
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