Just released Fast API Tester Chrome extension

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Learn about the new Fast API Tester Chrome extension and how to use it for testing APIs with ease

beginner Published 1 May 2026
Action Steps
  1. Install the Fast API Tester Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store
  2. Configure the extension by setting up API endpoints and headers
  3. Test APIs using the extension's basic methods: GET/POST/PUT/DELETE/PATCH
  4. View request history and recall previous requests
  5. Explore pro features coming soon to the extension
Who Needs to Know This

Developers and testers on a team can benefit from using this extension to quickly test APIs without leaving the browser

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💡 The Fast API Tester Chrome extension provides a lightweight and easy-to-use way to test APIs directly from the browser

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Learn about the new Fast API Tester Chrome extension and how to use it for testing APIs with ease

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# Just released Fast API Tester Chrome extension

[#api](https://dev.to/t/api)[#showdev](https://dev.to/t/showdev)[#testing](https://dev.to/t/testing)[#tooling](https://dev.to/t/tooling)

Lightweight API tester with history. Does the basics: GET/POST/PUT/DELETE/PATCH, headers, params, JSON body. Remembers last 3 requests.

Pro features coming soon. I also need this to test my custom paywall service (one of the next 2 posts will revive more about it)

One annoying thing: needed permission because you can't predict which API endpoints people will call so this is very basic thing for such a thing as API test tool. That automatically flags the extension for manual review — which takes weeks instead of minutes/hours for auto-review.

I am actually understand that and am okay with that.

But what google does wrong - they can just hold you extension in limbo in "pending review" state for weeks and than you find some
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