# Useful Applications

### Postman

Postman is a great tool for testing APIs. It's less of a "black box" then the OData connector hence it's useful when debugging and testing Projection requests. Just as with the OData connector it's possible to import the Projection Specification to generate all the requests, with payloads, parameters etc. Additionally you can tailor the requests to your choosing. 

A must have tool for web developers.

{% embed url="<https://www.postman.com/downloads/>" %}
Link to postman web page&#x20;
{% endembed %}

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### Chrome extension: JSON Formatter

Get requests against IFS Cloud can easely be performed directly in your web browser.&#x20;

### Visual studio code and OData markup plugin


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