Talend API Tester - Free Edition

Name: Talend API Tester - Free Edition
Rating: 4.7609459143057835 (4271 reviews)
Author: Qlik

Visually interact with REST, SOAP and HTTP APIs.

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Talend API Tester - Free Edition

Talend API Tester - Free Edition, formerly Restlet Client, offers a powerful and user-friendly way to interact with REST, SOAP, and HTTP APIs. Easily send requests, inspect responses in multiple formats, and manage your API testing workflows with an intuitive visual interface.

Key Features:

Send dynamic, authenticated HTTP requests with variable support.
View and pretty-print responses in JSON, XML, HTML, and more.
Validate responses using assertions on status, headers, body, and response time.
Organize requests into projects and save call histories for future use.
Import Postman Collections, Swagger/OpenAPI specifications, and HAR files seamlessly.

This chrome extension empowers developers and testers to efficiently test API behaviors and improve integration workflows through comprehensive request-management and response-validation tools.

By:: Qlik
Users:: 600,000+
Rating:: 4.76

(4,271) 3 new ratings
Version:: 25.14.3 (Last updated: 2025-02-05)
Creation date:: 2020-05-20
Risk:: High risk impact Very low risk likelihood
Permissions:: storage
unlimitedStorage
webRequest
declarativeNetRequest
clipboardWrite
identity
scripting
Host permissions:: http://*/*
https://*/*
Size:: 5.36M
Email:: ch*****@qlik.com
URLs:: Privacy policy
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: a day ago

Ranking

# 642 ▲ 11

Other rankings

#575 in Developer Tools ▼ 2

#6 in rest keyword 34

#13 in free access keyword 56 ▲ 4

#15 in free keyword 87 ▲ 1

#20 in testing keyword 34

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Publisher Change History

2024-03-13: Email was changed from cl*****@talend.com to ch*****@qlik.com

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User reviews

Users praise Talend API Tester for its ease of use, rich feature set, and reliability, making it a highly recommended and daily-use tool for API testing. The extension is noted for its fast loading times and overall helpfulness. The main area for improvement, mentioned multiple times, is the addition of a drag-and-drop interface for scenarios to enhance usability, similar to other tools like Postman.

Pros

Very easy to use and intuitive interface
Rich features with powerful capabilities for API testing
Highly reliable and used consistently by developers
Fast loading and convenient to use
Extensively helpful and a must-have tool for API developers

Cons

Lacks drag-and-drop interface for scenarios (requested feature)

Recent reviews

It is a really useful tool for me, as a developer.

Nick Roman, 2025-04-25

This is a really useful tool. I found it intuitive to use; it works well and I find myself using it regularly.

Stephen Schaub, 2025-04-23

Отличный инструмент для тестирования API

Ренат Яяяя, 2025-04-16

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Talend API Tester - Free Edition requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

Talend API Tester - Free Edition has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

Medium This extension was updated in the past 3 months. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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