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Code generation

Export a request as a ready-to-run snippet in several languages.

Impostor can render a request — resolving variables and auth into a final URL and headers — and export it as a code snippet, without sending it.

Generating snippets

You can generate code snippets from your request to use in your own applications or scripts. Impostor currently supports generating ready-to-run code for:

  • cURL
  • PowerShell
  • JavaScript (fetch)
  • Python (requests)
  • HTTPie
  • wget

Simply select your preferred language or tool, and copy the generated snippet to your clipboard.

The </> button beside Send copies the current request as a ready-to-run snippet.

The </> button beside Send copies the current request as a ready-to-run snippet.

Limitations

Please note that certain complex authentication schemes, such as Digest auth and AWS Signature v4, rely on real-time challenges or precise payload hashing that cannot be statically emitted as a simple code snippet. These will not be included in the generated output (see auth for more details).