Capture, analyze, and inspect REST API requests in real time and export OpenAPI 3.0 specifications.
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About REST API Spy
REST API Spy is a powerful developer extension for analyzing REST API requests (XHR and Fetch) directly in the browser.
Key Features:
- Real-time analysis of URL, HTTP method, request & response headers, payload, and response formats.
- Clear tree structure sorted by host and path.
- Header blacklist for filtering sensitive or irrelevant headers (e.g., User-Agent, Cookies).
- Manual addition of descriptions and documentation per API endpoint.
- One-click export in the official OpenAPI 3.0 specification format (JSON).
Perfect for web developers, QA testers, and API designers!
Growth
| Window | Users | Change | Ratings | Rating |
| 7 days | −1 | −16.7% | 0 | 0.00 |
| 30 days | +2 | +66.7% | 0 | 0.00 |
Chrome Web Store search rankings
Where REST API Spy appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
| Search phrase | Position | 30 days |
| rest | #51 | +10 |
Version history
2 versions recorded
1.0.27 Aug 2026
1.0.16 Aug 2026