Importing and Exporting Data

Insomnia supports the ability to import multiple file types. Right now, the supported formats are Insomnia, Postman v2, HAR, and Curl.

Export Format Specification

The Insomnia export format is currently on version 3 and is subject to change.

NOTE: https://github.com/getinsomnia/insomnia/tree/develop/packages/insomnia-importers has support for migrating older export versions to the latest, as well as supporting external formats like HAR, Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, and Curl. If you want to help contribute new feel free to submit a pull request to the insomnia-importers package of Insomnia.

Root Export Object

{
  "_type": "export",
  "__export_format": 3,
  "__export_date": "2017-01-10T23:15:55.928Z",
  "__export_source": "insomnia.desktop.app:v4.0.13",
  "resources": [{
    "_type": "request",
    "url": "https://google.com"
  }, {
    "...": "..."
  }]
}

• _type: Only possible value currently is export
• __export_format: Specifies the data schema of the export
• __export_data: ISO timestamp of the time of export
• resources: All exported resources (see below for resource types)

Common Resource Properties

{
  "_type": "resource_type",
  "_id": "type_111",
  "parentId": "type_4567",
  "created": 1484090000356,
  "modified": 1484090000356,
  "...": "..."
}

• _type: See below sections for possible resource types
• _id: Id representing the resource
• parentID: Resource ID of parent object (folder or workspace)
• created: When the resource was created
• modified: When the resource was last modified

Special Resource IDs

__WORKSPACE_ID__
Maps to the ID of the currently active workspace

__BASE_ENVIRONMENT_ID__
Maps to the ID of the active workspace’s base environment

__<NAME>_<NUMBER>__
Any value matching this format will deterministically generate a new ID at import time.

[{
  "_type": "workspace",
  "_id": "__WORKSPACE_1__"
}, {
  "_type": "request",
  "_id": "__REQUEST_1__",
  "parentId": "__WORKSPACE_1__"
}]

Resource Types

These are the possible resource types that can be imported/exported.

• workspace
• environment
• request_group
• request

Resource Type: workspace

{
  "_type": "workspace",
  "_id": "__WORKSPACE_ID__",
  "parentId": null,
  "created": 1484090000356,
  "modified": 1484090000356,
  "name": "My API Project",
  "description": "This the API for https://api.insomnia.rest/"
}

• name: Name of workspace
• description: Plain text description of workspace

Resource Type: environment

{
  "_type": "environment",
  "_id": "__ENVIRONMENT_1__",
  "parentId": "__WORKSPACE_ID__",
  "name": "Development",
  "data": {
    "base_url": "https://insomnia.rest",
    "user_id": "user_123",
    "...": "..."
  }
}

• name: Name of environment
• data{}: User-defined data representing the environment

Resource Type: request_group

{
  "_type": "request_group",
  "_id": "__FOLDER_2__",
  "name": "New Folder",
  "parentId": "__FOLDER_1__",
  "created": 1484090000356,
  "modified": 1484090000356,
  "metaSortKey": 1,
  "environment": {
    "url": "{{ base_url }}/my/awesome/path",
    "...": "..."
  }
}

• name: Name of the folder
• metaSortKey: Sort priority relative to its siblings
• environment: User-defined environment override data

Resource Type: request

{
  "_type": "request",
  "_id": "__REQUEST_1__",
  "parentId": "__FOLDER_2__",
  "created": 1484090000356,
  "modified": 1484090000356,
  "name": "My Request",
  "method": "POST",
  "url": "https://insomnia.rest/foo/bar",
  "body": {
    "mimeType": "multipart/form-data",
    "text": "",
    "params": [{
      "type": "file",
      "name": "my_file",
      "fileName": "/home/amy/hello.txt",
      "disabled": false
    }, {
      "type": "text",
      "name": "foo",
      "value": "bar",
      "disabled": false
    }, {
      "type": "text",
      "name": "blah",
      "value": "bar",
      "disabled": true
    }]
  },
  "parameters": [{
    "name": "limit",
    "value": "10",
    "disabled": false
  }],
  "headers": [{
    "name": "Content-Type",
    "value": "application/json",
    "disabled": false
  }],
  "authentication": {
    "username": "User",
    "password": "Pass"
  },
  "metaSortKey": 10
}

• name: Name of the request
• metaSortKey: Sort priority relative to its siblings
• method: Request method (GET, POST, …).
• url: Absolute URL of the request
• body{}: Body of the request
  • mimeType: Mime type of posted data
  • text: Plain text posted data
  • fileName: File path to binary body
  • params[]: List of form parameter objects
    • name: Name of the parameter
    • type: Either text or file
    • value: Value of the parameter
    • fileName: File path of param
    • disabled: If true, the entry will be ignored
• parameters[]: Array of URL query parameters
  • name: Name of parameter
  • value: Value of parameter
  • disabled: If true, the entry will be ignored
• headers[]: Array of HTTP header objects
  • name: Name of parameter
  • value: Value of parameter
  • disabled: If true, the entry will be ignored
• authentication{}: HTTP authentication (currently only basic auth supported)
  • username: Username for HTTP Basic Auth
  • password: Password for HTTP Basic Auth