🚀 API Forge

AI-Powered API Testing Workspace

A modern Postman-inspired API client built using Next.js, Node.js, Express, MongoDB, and Google Gemini AI.

Test APIs, inspect responses, manage authentication, and leverage AI to explain endpoints, generate test cases, and analyze API responses—all from a clean and intuitive interface.

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📸 Screenshots

Login

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Dashboard

The main workspace includes the request builder, response viewer, collections, history panel, and AI assistant.

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Response Viewer

Inspect HTTP status codes, response time, response size, and formatted JSON responses.

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Request History

Quickly access previously executed API requests.

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✨ Features

🔐 Authentication

• JWT Authentication
• User Registration & Login
• Protected API Routes

🌐 API Testing

• GET
• POST
• PUT
• PATCH
• DELETE

🛠 Request Builder

• Custom Headers
• Query Parameters
• JSON Request Body
• Authorization Support

📊 Response Viewer

• Pretty JSON Formatting
• HTTP Status Code
• Response Time
• Response Size

🤖 AI Assistant (Gemini)

• Explain API
• Generate Test Cases
• Analyze API Responses

🎨 Modern UI

• Clean Interface
• Responsive Design
• Dark Theme
• Developer Friendly Experience

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🛠 Tech Stack

Frontend

• Next.js 16
• React
• TypeScript
• Tailwind CSS
• shadcn/ui
• Lucide React
• React Markdown

Backend

• Node.js
• Express.js
• MongoDB
• Mongoose
• JWT Authentication
• Google Gemini API

Tools

• Axios
• REST APIs
• Git
• GitHub

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📂 Project Structure

API-Forge
│
├── app
├── components
│   ├── ai
│   ├── request-builder
│   ├── response
│   ├── history
│   └── layout
│
├── forge-server
│   ├── controllers
│   ├── middleware
│   ├── models
│   ├── routes
│   ├── services
│   └── validators
│
├── screenshots
│
└── README.md

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🚀 Installation

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Yugg09/API-Forge.git

Move into the project

cd API-Forge

Install frontend dependencies

npm install

Install backend dependencies

cd forge-server
npm install

Run the backend

npm run dev

Run the frontend

cd ..
npm run dev

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🔑 Environment Variables

Create a .env file inside the forge-server directory.

PORT=8000

MONGO_URI=your_mongodb_connection_string

JWT_SECRET=your_secret_key

GEMINI_API_KEY=your_gemini_api_key

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🤖 AI Capabilities

🧠 Explain API

Understand what an endpoint does in simple language.

🧪 Generate Tests

Automatically generate meaningful test cases for an endpoint.

🔍 Analyze Response

Receive AI-powered insights, summaries, and suggestions based on API responses.

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🚀 Future Improvements

• API Collections
• Environment Variables
• Import Postman Collections
• Export Requests
• GraphQL Support
• WebSocket Testing
• Request Sharing
• Team Collaboration

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome.

1. Fork the repository

2. Create your feature branch

git checkout -b feature/new-feature

3. Commit your changes

git commit -m "Add new feature"

4. Push your branch

git push origin feature/new-feature

5. Open a Pull Request

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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👨‍💻 Author

Yug Chaudhary

GitHub: https://github.com/Yugg09

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