Everest - an upcoming REST API testing client written in JavaFX

Rohit Awate

Last update: Dec 27, 2022

Overview

Everest (formerly RESTaurant) is an upcoming REST API testing client written in JavaFX.

Everest running on Windows 10.

Why Everest?

Everest is written in Java. Thus, it is significantly lighter on resources and more responsive than its Electron-based alternatives like Postman. It aims to provide the same level of functionality in a lighter, native but equally slick package.
Aesthetic is very important. With a gorgeous, flat design, Everest is a pleasure to look at and to work with. It is also entirely theme-able.

I want you to want to use it!
Being a Java application, Everest is inherently cross-platform. It will run anywhere there's a JVM.
Everest will offer cloud synchronization of your projects powered by Summit. It will be available as a cloud service early next year or you may also choose to self-host it.

Live Features 🔥

All of the most common requests

GET, POST, PUT, DELETE and PATCH requests. HEAD and OPTIONS coming soon.

Comprehensive Request Builder

Add request headers.
Append query parameters. (with live preview)
Syntax highlighting for JSON and XML, powered by RichTextFX.
Quickly add key-value pairs for URL-encoded and multipart-form bodies.

View Response Details

HTTP status code, content type, elapsed time, body size.
Visualizer to view JSON responses graphically. (Aesthetic improvements coming with Alpha 1.4)
View response headers.

Making a GET request with Everest.

API Authentication

Basic Auth
Digest Auth

Custom Themes

Everest is entirely theme-able via CSS. For more details, refer this guide.

Efficient multi-tabbing

Everest utilizes a technique called pseudo tab-switching to maintain a low memory footprint even when heavy multi-tabbing. I have written a highly technical piece about this on my dev.to.

Bonus: The '+' button for adding new tabs is finally live!

History

Everest maintains the history of all the requests made by you. You can search with any of the request's components: the target, the headers, the method, the body or even the files added to the request. Everest will intelligently rank the results based on their relevance.

Everest's search feature in action.

Upcoming features ⏳

OAuth Support

Everest will fully support both of the OAuth standards. Work on OAuth 2.0 is in progress right now and will be available with Alpha 1.4. OAuth 1.0 will follow next.

Everest Project

This will be Everest's equivalent of Postman's Collection or Insomnia's Workspace.
Will house named-requests.
Will support environment variables. Every request can have its own.
Can be exported/imported.

Summit

Summit is the synchronization server for Everest.
It will allow for synchronization of your Everest Projects across multiple devices and other members of your team.
It will use a Node.js-powered RESTful API and Socket.IO.
It will be available early next year as a service. You may also choose to self-host Summit.

Extension API

This will allow developers to create extensions for Everest which can for example, sync to Google Drive, or visualize the response bodies in a certain fashion or summon Batman.

Mock Server

This local server can be used to quickly create a mock REST-ful service with the endpoints of your choice, producing the output of your choice.

Keymap ⌨️

Shortcut	Task
Ctrl + T	New Tab
Ctrl + W	Close tab
Ctrl + H	Toggle History
Ctrl + Enter	Send request
Ctrl + L	Focus address bar
Ctrl + M	Select HTTP method
Ctrl + F	Focus history search bar
Alt + P	Focus Query Params tab
Alt + A	Focus Authentication tab
Alt + H	Focus Headers tab
Alt + B	Focus Body tab

Releases 🚀

Everest is under active development and you can get the latest alpha build from Releases. Make sure you read the release notes to understand what works and what doesn't, how to report issues and how to run the binary.

Building from source 🔨

Everest uses Maven, so building from the source code is very simple. You need to have a minimum of JDK 8 (9 should also work) installed, along with Maven and Git. If you're using OpenJDK, you will need to install OpenJFX separately. Once you have everything set up, follow these simple steps:

Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/RohitAwate/Everest.git
Enter the repository: cd Everest
Build a binary: mvn package
Run the binary: mvn exec:java

For JDK 10 and above: JavaFX has been decoupled from the JDK and will need to be installed separately.

License ⚖️

Everest is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.

Suggestions and improvements

Use these options to reach me:

Open a GitHub issue.
Email me at [email protected].
Tweet me @TheRohitAwate.

Comments

Small bugfix and Graviton support

Hi Rohit!

I'm the author of https://graviton.app - an experimental app browser for the JVM. I'm trying to provide an alternative to and compete with applets, Java Web Start, etc. It keeps both the JVM and the apps updated automatically and all it requires is the app to be published to a Maven repository. Or it can even run apps straight for github using jitpack.io

I love what you're doing with Everest and would like it to be a showcase app for the initial limited distribution alpha. Graviton can run apps from Maven repositories, and can run Everest as is. But with this PR I activate an opt-in feature of reusing the browser JVM and stage, so you get a seamless transition from browser shell to Everest and back again. It's maybe easier to show with a video demo:

Unfortunately there is one step I can't do for you - you'd need to upload the (non shaded) JAR to a Maven repository like Central or JCenter. If you merge this PR and do that then Graviton will have a nice showcase app. Are you up for it?

opened by mikehearn 13

Issue while running on OpenJDK/OpenJFX

Problem starting the application on a locked down Windows 10 Machine with JRE 8. This may or may not be unique to my computer...will try on some others.

>java -version
java version "1.8.0_172"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_172-b11)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.172-b11, mixed mode)

> java -jar Everest-Alpha-1.0.jar
Failed to load native library:sqlite-3.21.0.1-5ca2c46c-1705-499a-a4b8-b7110fe961a0-sqlitejdbc.dll. osinfo: Windows/x86_64
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Temp\sqlite-3.21.0.1-5ca2c46c-1705-499a-a4b8-b7110fe961a0-sqlitejdbc.dll: This program is blocked by group policy. For more information, contact your system administrator
Connected to database.
Exception in thread "Thread-4" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: org.sqlite.core.NativeDB._open_utf8([BI)V
        at org.sqlite.core.NativeDB._open_utf8(Native Method)
        at org.sqlite.core.NativeDB._open(NativeDB.java:71)
        at org.sqlite.core.DB.open(DB.java:174)
        at org.sqlite.core.CoreConnection.open(CoreConnection.java:220)
        at org.sqlite.core.CoreConnection.<init>(CoreConnection.java:76)
        at org.sqlite.jdbc3.JDBC3Connection.<init>(JDBC3Connection.java:25)
        at org.sqlite.jdbc4.JDBC4Connection.<init>(JDBC4Connection.java:24)
        at org.sqlite.SQLiteConnection.<init>(SQLiteConnection.java:45)
        at org.sqlite.JDBC.createConnection(JDBC.java:114)
        at org.sqlite.JDBC.connect(JDBC.java:88)
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
        at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
        at com.rohitawate.everest.util.history.HistoryManager.<init>(HistoryManager.java:51)
        at com.rohitawate.everest.util.Services.lambda$start$0(Services.java:39)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Settings file found. Loading settings...
Exception in thread "Settings loader thread" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at com.rohitawate.everest.util.logging.LoggingService.logInfo(LoggingService.java:52)
        at com.rohitawate.everest.util.settings.SettingsLoader.run(SettingsLoader.java:64)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Exception in Application start method
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplicationWithArgs(LauncherImpl.java:389)
        at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication(LauncherImpl.java:328)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper$FXHelper.main(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Exception in Application start method
        at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:917)
        at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication$154(LauncherImpl.java:182)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: javafx.fxml.LoadException:
file:/.../Everest-Alpha-1.0.jar!/fxml/homewindow/HomeWindow.fxml
        at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.constructLoadException(FXMLLoader.java:2601)
        at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:2579)
        at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:2441)
        at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.load(FXMLLoader.java:2409)
        at com.rohitawate.everest.main.Main.start(Main.java:39)
        at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication1$161(LauncherImpl.java:863)
        at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runAndWait$174(PlatformImpl.java:326)
        at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$null$172(PlatformImpl.java:295)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$173(PlatformImpl.java:294)
        at com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:95)
        at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
        at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.lambda$null$147(WinApplication.java:177)
        ... 1 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
        at com.rohitawate.everest.util.logging.LoggingService.logInfo(LoggingService.java:52)
        at com.rohitawate.everest.controllers.HomeWindowController.recoverState(HomeWindowController.java:293)
        at com.rohitawate.everest.controllers.HomeWindowController.initialize(HomeWindowController.java:72)
        at javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader.loadImpl(FXMLLoader.java:2548)
        ... 12 more
Exception running application com.rohitawate.everest.main.Main

opened by CrazyPyro 9

Development freeze?

I came to know about this project through reddit, but after a long time only now I had the time to try it out. :) Nice job btw! I don't currently know if Everest is having any kind of limitation, but I do believe that there are features planned, but not implemented. I see that the development stopped for couple of months already so I'd like to understand what's the plan for the project in general? I believe you still want to keep development of it. Or if the project is abandoned, that's also fine. I really like the project, so maybe if I have the time I would like to help :)

opened by renannprado 8
Build a theme for Everest with just CSS!
I've been planning to add some more colors to Everest. Since its HacktoberFest, here's an opportunity for you to make a meaningful contribution to open-source and win that t-shirt. Just build some colorful themes for Everest. All you need is CSS!

The best entries may ship with future releases of Everest!

I've set up a nice theming guide which you can follow.

Rules

Create a new themes/ directory and place your CSS file there.

Themes should have elegant names. No 'Dark' or 'Light', please. They can imitate other established themes, too.

Your theme should cover the entirety of the UI. Partially developed entries will be rejected.

Everest is an ongoing project and your themes will be edited in the future when new UI elements are added. You may choose to do so, too.

Your CSS file should start with the following comment:

/* Name: <ThemeName> Author: <YourName> (<GitHubProfileLink>) */

While submitting your PR, make sure you add images showcasing all the UI elements of Everest. This includes the details like the history pane search results, the color of the checkboxes, or even the color of the snackbar popup.

How will my theme be evaluated?

Your theme will be judged based on the following criteria:

Aesthetic

Whether the theme fits with the overall flat design of Everest

Completeness

Imitates popular themes (One Dark or Solarized, for example)

Note

I've been planning to create a white and light grey based theme with cornflower blue as the highlight color. If someone can do that and call it Oasis, that would be awesome!

Also, Adreana is a bit messy right now, so you may be interested in cleaning it up.

Happy hacking! :octocat:
enhancement good first issue hacktoberfest css
opened by RohitAwate 6
Can't set custom Content-Type

I use custom mimetypes for all of my calls. When attempting to post, the header value I put in gets overridden by the body configuration. I've not been able to undo that override.
enhancement

opened by virmundi 6
Update Travis CI build to use OpenJDK 11
Currently, the builds on Travis CI are failing because the build environment is trying to use Java 8 to compile Everest (which requires Java 11 according to the POM).

This PR updates the Travis CI build configuration to:

Use OpenJDK 11

Use the default build steps for Maven-based Java projects on Travis CI

Use a bundled version of Maven 3.6.0 instead of whatever version of Maven is installed

Use the Ubuntu Xenial build environment
opened by joschi 3
adding support for collections

i am currently looking into adding collections of requests to everest (see warmuuh/everest). i started already by reusing the search-pane (refactoring the code a bit to be able to reuse this), so that searching collections is using the same code. Collections in my current approach are just collections of existing requests (read: entries in requests table) with augmented name/description. i would like to drive it to a state where CRUD of collections is possible. (later maybe postman import/export)

opened by warmuuh 3
Bump jackson-databind from 2.9.3 to 2.9.10.7
Bumps jackson-databind from 2.9.3 to 2.9.10.7.

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opened by dependabot[bot] 2
Application does not run on Mac OSX
Mac OS 10.12.6

Java OpenJDK Runtime Environment (Zulu 8.23.0.3-macosx) (build 1.8.0_144-b01)

$ java -jar Everest-Alpha-1.0.jar Error: Could not find or load main class com.rohitawate.everest.main.Main
opened by btbytes 2
Why a jar for BugReporter.jar ?

at Everest/src/main/resources/BugReporter.jar

https://github.com/RohitAwate/Everest/commit/a679c6d1a2c0ad168e43930a902b7673caab8bf0

com.rohitawate.everest.util.EverestUtilities

opened by based2 2
Bump jackson-databind from 2.9.3 to 2.13.4.1
Bumps jackson-databind from 2.9.3 to 2.13.4.1.

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Bump jackson-databind from 2.9.3 to 2.12.7.1
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opened by dependabot[bot] 0
Fix build for Java 11
Updated project dependencies

Added javafx-controls and javafx-fxml (OpenJFX 11)

Added jakarta.xml.bind-api: java.xml.bind has been removed from Java 11

Bumped jfoenix to 9.0.10 for Java 11 support

Fixed (deprecated) JFXSnackbar-related code
opened by javierllorente 0
Bump guava from 24.1-jre to 29.0-jre
Bumps guava from 24.1-jre to 29.0-jre.

Release notes

Sourced from guava's releases.

29.0

Maven

<dependency> <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId> <artifactId>guava</artifactId> <version>29.0-jre</version>  <version>29.0-android</version> </dependency>

Javadoc

29.0-jre

29.0-android

JDiff

29.0-jre vs. 28.2-jre

29.0-android vs. 28.2-android

29.0-android vs. 29.0-jre

Changelog

Guava types can no longer be sent over GWT-RPC. To temporarily reenable support, set the guava.gwt.emergency_reenable_rpc system property to true. (5214a10b1e)

This is the only breaking change in this release, and it affects only users of the guava-gwt artifact, not people who use only the guava artifact. This release contains no changes that break binary compatibility for any users.

API documentation for Guava classes is now easier to reach. For example, for ImmutableList, visit guava.dev/ImmutableList. Also, more easily access the index at guava.dev/api.

collect: Annotated FluentIterable.from(FluentIterable) with @DoNotCall. (b1c77b7df3)

collect: Made ceiling, floor, headSet(E, boolean), and tailSet(E, boolean) methods available in the GWT-emulated ImmutableSortedSet. (7e0fe90ca8, 5f2fbf27b2)

graph: Made it possible to set a stable incident edge order by calling the newly added method [Value]Graph.Builder.incidentEdgeOrder(ElementOrder.stable()). (70164025a8)

graph: Added incidentEdgeOrder() to the [Value]Graph interfaces. (cde576ec00)

util.concurrent: Added Duration-based default methods to ListeningScheduledExecutorService. (931e83f969)

util.concurrent: Added immediateVoidFuture. (9f3bae5853)

util.concurrent: Removed @Beta from Service and related classes. (dc46627fea)

util.concurrent: Deprecated the 1-arg overload of ServiceManager.addListener. (86e3620125)

util.concurrent: Changed the return type of ServiceManager.servicesByState() to ImmutableSetMultimap (but also retained a method with the old signature for binary compatibility). (31999ae6f5)

util.concurrent: Made it safe to load the AbstractFuture class from a ForkJoinPool thread under a security manager. (6e0c5b5d50)

28.2

Maven

<dependency> <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId> <artifactId>guava</artifactId> <version>28.2-jre</version>  <version>28.2-android</version> </tr></table>

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opened by dependabot[bot] 0
Wrong Log message when opening the SQLite DB

Hi Rohit,

Found a small bug on your logging.

When starting the application following message is shown. SEVERE 09/07/2020 12:08:13: Unable to create directory: Everest/config/ But the dir is being created correctly.

I will make a pull request for it if you do not mind. Thanks Paulo

opened by fonsecapaulo 0
No context-menu in EverestCodeArea

When you choose POST->Body->Raw it is great that you can pick JSON and it is excellent that the syntax highlighting is there, but for whatever reason, the right click menu is disabled (Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V works though).

This bug is to enable right click for users expecting it

opened by ciplogic 1

Releases(Alpha-1.3)

Alpha-1.3(Sep 10, 2018)
Changelog

UI Refresh

UI elements have been scaled down to make room for the stuff that matters.

Request history is now much more colorful.

Finally a "+" button to add a new tab!

New Key/Value fields are now added automatically as you type and the "New Param"/"New Header" buttons have been retired!

Live URL preview as you type query parameters!

The Visualizer should consume less memory.

Pseudo tab-switching

Massive internal overhaul now allows for a super small memory footprint when creating new tabs. I'm calling this technique 'pseudo tab-switching' and will be writing about it on dev.to soon so follow me there.

Let the authentication begin!

Basic Auth and Digest Auth are now live! (Work on OAuth 2.0 is on as you read this!)

Upcoming features

OAuth 2.0

Projects (similar to Postman's Collection or Insomnia's Workspace)

Named requests

Environment variables

Google Drive and cloud-powered project sync across devices.

Running the JAR

Make sure you have the Java 8 Runtime Environment installed.

On Windows: Just double-click on the file and Everest should open.

On Mac and Linux: java -jar Everest-Alpha-1.3.jar

Issue reporting

Everest comes with a command-line Bug Reporter that resides in INSTALLATION_DIR/Everest/

It can generate a zip file with your logs and a short bug report with your description of the issue.

While reporting an issue, use GitHub's Issue Tracker and include the above mentioned zip.

You can run it using: java -jar BugReporter.jar

Suggestions and improvements

Use these options to reach me:

Open a GitHub issue.

Email me at [email protected].

Tweet me at @TheRohitAwate

That's it for the alpha. I hope you enjoy using it. Make sure you star the repository and let your friends and colleagues know. Thanks for trying out Everest, you're awesome! 🏆
Source code(tar.gz)
Source code(zip)
Everest-Alpha-1.3.zip(15.74 MB)
Alpha-1.2(Jul 1, 2018)
Changelog

Syntax highlighting for response and request bodies.

Application state maintenance logic has been cleaned up and now uses JSON for storing the state. All tabs under the 'Body' tab and all non-empty KeyValue fields are now saved. This applies to the history saved in the database too. If you have already installed Everest, delete history.sqlite and everest.state under the Everest/ directory since the former is incompatible due to a change in the database structure and the latter is not used anymore.

Everest will now offer to open HTML responses in your default browser.

Features currently live

GET, POST, PUT, DELETE and PATCH requests.

Adding request headers, query parameters and the request body (raw, octet-stream, URL-encoded or form-data)

Response details (HTTP status code, response type, time, size)

Custom themes! I encourage you to develop new themes by taking reference of Adreana. I plan on documenting it better in the future. Changing themes needs a manual edit to Everest/config/settings.json. This will be properly integrated into a Settings menu soon. 🌈

Multi-tab layout. I'm battling with JavaFX to allow me to add a simple '+' button for adding a new tab. So far, not successful. However, you can use the Ctrl+T keyboard shortcut.

History tab! All the requests you ever made are now shown to the left of the app. 🕒

Searching through your request history. Everest searches not just on the basis of the request target but all other parameters that form the request including headers, the request body, query parameters and even file names. It will intelligently rank the results on the basis of their relevance. 🔎

Everest now maintains its state between sessions so you don't lose your work. 🧠

Response Visualizer: You can now view JSON responses just as you would your file tree.

Syntax highlighting: Everest now highlights your JSON, XML and HTML responses and requests, powered by RichTextFX. You can add new CSS syntax themes in Everest/themes/syntax/ by taking reference of the default, Moondust.

Upcoming features

API authentication (Basic Auth, Digest Auth, OAuth, OAuth 2)

Improvements to parameter appending logic

Running the JAR

Make sure you have the Java 8 Runtime Environment installed.

On Windows: Just double-click on the file and Everest should open.

On Mac and Linux: java -jar Everest-Alpha-1.2.jar

Issue reporting

Everest will create a command-line Bug Reporter the first time it runs in INSTALLATION_DIR/Everest/

It can generate a zip file with your logs and a short bug report with your description of the issue.

While reporting an issue, use GitHub's Issue Tracker and include the above mentioned zip.

You can run it using: java -jar BugReporter.jar

Suggestions and improvements

Use these options to reach me:

Open a GitHub issue.

Email me at [email protected].

Tweet me at @TheRohitAwate

That's it for the alpha. I hope you enjoy using it. Make sure you star the repository and let your friends and colleagues know. Thanks for trying out Everest, you're awesome! 🏆
Source code(tar.gz)
Source code(zip)
Everest-Alpha-1.2.jar(16.70 MB)
Alpha-1.1(Jun 4, 2018)
Changelog

Everest will automatically prepend 'https://' to the URL if not already done.

Fixed #11: Everest now scales correctly on all display resolutions.

Added #9: You can now override the request body's content type using a header.

New animation for the loading screen!

Improved BugReporter.

General performance improvements.

Features currently live

GET, POST, PUT, DELETE and PATCH requests.

Adding request headers, query parameters and the request body (raw, octet-stream, URL-encoded or form-data)

Response details (HTTP status code, response type, time, size)

Custom themes! I encourage you to develop new themes by taking reference of Adreana. I plan on documenting it better in the future. Changing themes needs a manual edit to Everest/config/settings.json. This will be properly integrated into a Settings menu soon. 🌈

Multi-tab layout. I'm battling with JavaFX to allow me to add a simple '+' button for adding a new tab. So far, not successful. However, you can use the Ctrl+T keyboard shortcut.

History tab! All the requests you ever made are now shown to the left of the app. 🕒

Searching through your request history. Everest searches not just on the basis of the request target but all other parameters that form the request including headers, the request body, query parameters and even file names. It will intelligently rank the results on the basis of their relevance. 🔎

Everest now maintains its state between sessions so you don't lose your work. 🧠

Visualizer. You can now view JSON responses just as you would your file tree. Support for XML coming up next!

Upcoming features

API authentication

Syntax highlighting for the response

Text prediction for address bar based on your history.

Running the JAR

Make sure you have the Java 8 Runtime Environment installed.

On Windows: Just double-click on the file and Everest should open.

On Mac and Linux: java -jar Everest-Alpha-1.0.jar

Issue reporting

Everest will create a command-line Bug Reporter the first time it runs in INSTALLATION_DIR/Everest/

It can generate a zip file with your logs and a short bug report with your description of the issue.

While reporting an issue, use GitHub's Issue Tracker and include the above mentioned zip.

You can run it using: java -jar BugReporter.jar

Suggestions and improvements

Use these options to reach me:

Open a GitHub issue.

Email me at [email protected].

Tweet me at @TheRohitAwate

That's it for the alpha. I hope you enjoy using it. Make sure you star the repository and let your friends and colleagues know. Thanks for trying out Everest, you're awesome! 🏆
Source code(tar.gz)
Source code(zip)
Everest-Alpha-1.1.jar(15.89 MB)
Alpha-1.0(Apr 23, 2018)
Features currently live

GET, POST, PUT, DELETE and PATCH requests.

Adding request headers, query parameters and the request body (raw, octet-stream, URL-encoded or form-data)

Response details (HTTP status code, response type, time, size)

Custom themes! I encourage you to develop new themes by taking reference of Adreana. I plan on documenting it better in the future. Changing themes needs a manual edit to Everest/config/settings.json. This will be properly integrated into a Settings menu soon. 🌈

Multi-tab layout. I'm battling with JavaFX to allow me to add a simple '+' button for adding a new tab. So far, not successful. However, you can use the Ctrl+T keyboard shortcut.

History tab! All the requests you ever made are now shown to the left of the app. 🕒

Searching through your request history. Everest searches not just on the basis of the request target but all other parameters that form the request including headers, the request body, query parameters and even file names. It will intelligently rank the results on the basis of their relevance. 🔎

Everest now maintains its state between sessions so you don't lose your work. 🧠

Visualizer. You can now view JSON responses just as you would your file tree. Support for XML coming up next!

Upcoming features

API authentication

Syntax highlighting for the response

Text prediction for address bar based on your history.

Running the JAR

Make sure you hava the Java 8 Runtime Environment installed.

On Windows: Just double-click on the file and Everest should open.

On Mac and Linux: java -jar Everest-Alpha-1.0.jar

Issue reporting

Everest will create a command-line Bug Reporter the first time it runs in INSTALLATION_DIR/Everest/

It can generate a zip file with your logs and a short bug report with your description of the issue.

While reporting an issue, use GitHub's Issue Tracker and include the above mentioned zip.

You can run it using: java -jar BugReporter.jar

Suggestions and improvements

Use these options to reach me:

Open a GitHub issue.

Email me at [email protected].

Tweet me at @TheRohitAwate

That's it for the alpha. I hope you enjoy using it. Make sure you star the repository and let your friends and colleagues know. Thanks for trying out Everest, you're awesome! 🏆
Source code(tar.gz)
Source code(zip)
Everest-Alpha-1.0.jar(15.94 MB)