RESTaurant

RESTaurant is an upcoming native REST client written in JavaFX. It is currently in the initial stages of development.

Why RESTaurant?

Unlike other REST clients like Postman and Insomnia, RESTaurant is a native application written in Java. Thus, it is significantly lighter on resources and more responsive than the Electron-based options. The goal with RESTaurant is to provide pretty much the same level of functionality as the formerly mentioned options, but in a lighter, native but equally slick package. It is a big and slightly arrogant bet, but then I don't think anyone other than me would use this! So heck, at least I'll learnt a lot. Not bad for a Comp Sci student, eh?
In all of my projects, design is of paramount importance. And RESTaurant is no exception. With a gorgeous, flat design and a neutral color scheme, RESTaurant is a pleasure to look at and to work with. I want you to want to use it!
RESTaurant is powered by Jersey, the robust and powerful Java library to build and consume RESTful web services.

Planned features

Ability to make requests with the common HTTP methods. (duh)
Syntax highlighting: I had tried using RichTextFX for my text editor, Ballad, and failed. And I really don't wish to embed an online editor like Ace into RESTaurant. So, for the time being, I'm gonna use JavaFX's inbuilt TextArea which doesn't offer syntax highlighting.
History tab, for quickly looking at your request history. 🕒
API Authentication: This is of course a primary feature of any REST client, but currently, not something I've done or used before. So I will need some time to learn this stuff.
Theming support with JavaFX CSS. 🌈
Multi-tab layout to unleash your internal REST wizard!

That's all the core stuff that I can think of at the moment. Will keep updating this as we go.

Not-so-certain features

Suggestions as you type in the address field.
Postman has this really cool feature wherein it can create a mock server. Maybe do that.

Features currently live

Adding request headers and the request body (raw, octet-stream, URL-encoded or form-data)
GET, POST, PUT and DELETE requests
Response details (HTTP status code, response time, response size)
Custom themes! Changing themes needs a manual edit to the settings.json file. This will be properly integrated into a Settings menu later.
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.
Requests history gets saved to a database. History tab will be coming up soon.

Releases

I mean, it's open-source. You can build yourself a 'release' right now!

Jokes aside, I'm planning to release an alpha once the GET, POST, PUT and DELETE methods are up and running. I'll also add the aforementioned history tab as a bonus, maybe!

Alpha ETA: March 2018 (hopefully)

Aaaand, that's it! I don't think anyone will make it down here. But if you did, you're awesome and thanks! Cheers!

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