Import a request with Copy as cURL

Copy a request from the browser Network panel and open it in API Tester.

In short

Your browser can copy any request it made as a cURL command. Paste that command into {{brand}} and it opens as a request with its method, address, headers and body - ready to send again or save.

Before you start

Who: anyone can open a copied command as a request. Saving it into a project needs you to be signed in and hold Edit on that project.
Plan: none for importing; sending counts as usual (see /help/settings/plan-limits).
First: copy the request as cURL from your browser's Network panel.

Steps

Open your browser's developer tools and select Network.
Perform the action you want to reproduce.
Right-click the request and choose Copy as cURL.
Paste it into search, or use "Import cURL" in Single request.
Review the URL, headers, body and token, then send.

Result: the request is filled in as the browser sent it.

Good to know

The importer reads Bash, Windows Command Prompt and PowerShell commands.
It takes the method (a command with data and no -X becomes POST), the full address and every -H header. It takes the body from -d, --data, --data-raw, --data-binary, --data-urlencode or --json. It reads -u as a Basic header and -b as a Cookie header.
Connection headers such as Host are removed. Multipart uploads (-F) are not imported, only one address is imported at a time, and the import says what it ignored.

A copied command carries a live token It usually holds your session token, which will expire. If you save it into a header, treat the saved request like the token, and move the credential into an authentication profile.

If something goes wrong

The request answers 401 later: the copied session token expired. Sign in again in the app and copy a fresh command, or use an authentication profile.
A file upload is missing: -F uploads are not imported. Add the file in the Body tab.