# APIs test tools with ignition

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/apis-test-tools-with-ignition/69661>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** ignition81, scripting\
**Created:** [February 9, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/apis-test-tools-with-ignition/69661 "2023-02-09T21:47:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![tamerplc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d78d45/32.png) [@tamerplc](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tamerplc)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/apis-test-tools-with-ignition/69661/1 "2023-02-09T21:47:28Z")

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Do you have any recommend tools to test some APIs with ignition? I have certain payloads need to test it with ignition and build error handling as well.

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/apis-test-tools-with-ignition/69661/2 "2023-02-10T23:14:01Z")

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APIs like rest are super easy to test just in the script console using system.net.httpGet. You can also now use httpClient which I've been meaning to look into