# HITOP - HTTP API Testing Tool

> A powerful HTTP API testing tool with collections, variables, and custom scripting. Test APIs, manage requests, automate workflows, and organize your work with collections - all in your browser.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/hitop](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hitop)

## Overview

- **ID:** `hitop`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Bohdan
- **Category:** web-development,search-tools,tabs
- **Daily users:** 12
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Version:** 3.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-12
- **First published:** 2025-10-09
- **Size:** 6.27 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hitop/)
- **Website:** [https://hitop.rws8.tech/](https://hitop.rws8.tech/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hitop/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hitop/privacy/)

## Description

HITOP is a comprehensive HTTP API testing tool that brings professional API testing capabilities directly to your Firefox browser. Whether you're a developer testing your own APIs or a QA engineer validating endpoints, HITOP provides all the tools you need.

<strong>Core Features:</strong>

🚀 <strong>Complete HTTP Support</strong>
• All HTTP methods: GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
• Custom headers and request bodies
• Syntax-highlighted responses (JSON, XML, HTML, text)
• Clear status codes with descriptions
• Full response header visibility

📁 <strong>Collections &amp; Organization</strong>
• Group related requests into collections
• Save and reuse requests
• Run entire collections sequentially
• Drag &amp; drop to reorder requests
• Import/Export collections as JSON
• Share collections with your team

🔧 <strong>Variables &amp; Dynamic Requests</strong>
• Define collection-level variables
• Use ${variableName} syntax in URLs, headers, and bodies
• Reuse common values across requests
• Easy variable management interface

⚡ <strong>Custom Scripting</strong>
• Pre-request scripts to modify requests before sending
• Post-request scripts to extract and process response data
• Share data between requests using context
• Automate complex workflows
• JavaScript-based scripting engine

📊 <strong>Request History</strong>
• Track all requests and collection runs
• Reload previous requests
• Filter by success/failure
• Review past API calls

🎯 <strong>Multiple Tabs</strong>
• Work on multiple requests simultaneously
• Switch between tabs easily
• Each tab maintains its own state

<strong>Privacy &amp; Security:</strong>
• All data stored locally in your browser
• No external servers or data collection
• No tracking or analytics
• Open source and transparent
• You control your data

<strong>Perfect For:</strong>
• API developers testing endpoints
• QA engineers validating APIs
• DevOps teams monitoring services
• Anyone working with REST APIs
• Teams needing to share API collections

<strong>Why Choose HITOP?</strong>
• Clean, intuitive interface
• Powerful automation with scripts
• Complete privacy - no cloud required
• Free and open source (MIT License)
• Active development and support

<strong>Getting Started:</strong>
1. Click the HITOP icon in your toolbar
2. Enter a URL and select HTTP method
3. Click "Make Request"
4. View the response with syntax highlighting

Start testing your APIs efficiently with HITOP today!

## Rankings

- #31,381 — Overall
- #18 — testing
- #238 — tool
- #242 — listing

## Permissions and access

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hitop)