What is Hoppscotch?
Hoppscotch is an open-source API development ecosystem. It is designed to assist users in creating requests efficiently, aiming to streamline the development process.
Why use it in the API Lifecycle?
- API Request Creation: Allows users to create and send various types of API requests.
- REST API Testing: Provides functionality for testing RESTful API endpoints.
- WebSocket Interaction: Supports interaction and testing with WebSocket connections.
- GraphQL Client: Enables development and testing of GraphQL queries and mutations.
- SSE (Server-Sent Events) Support: Facilitates working with Server-Sent Events.
- Socket.IO Client: Provides tools to connect and interact with Socket.IO services.
Best Practices
- Use workspaces and environments to separate collections between personal experimentation and team-shared collections, especially when self-hosting for a larger org.