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API Responses

When you send an API request, the server sends back a response. Fetch Client helps you view and analyze these responses in multiple ways.

🔄 Response Views​

Fetch Client offers different ways to view response data based on the content type.

Raw View with Syntax Highlighting​

See your response data with color-coded formatting for easy reading.

Supported formats:

  • JSON - Most common API format
  • XML - Enterprise and legacy APIs
  • HTML - Web page responses
  • Plain text - Simple text responses
API response viewer with syntax highlighting and tree view
Response Panel


API response viewer with syntax highlighting and tree view
Response Section (Text View) - JSON


API response viewer with syntax highlighting and tree view
Response Section (Tree View) - JSON

Tree View​

Browse JSON and XML responses as an expandable tree structure.

Features:

  • Expand/collapse nodes - Show or hide sections of data
  • Easy navigation - Click to expand nested objects and arrays
  • Quick overview - See data structure at a glance
  • Search - Search the content from the response data
API response viewer with syntax highlighting and tree view
Response Section (Text View) - XML

API response viewer with syntax highlighting and tree view
Response Section (Tree View) - XML

HTML Preview​

View HTML responses as they would appear in a web browser.

Features:

  • Live preview - See the actual rendered HTML
  • Formatted display - CSS styles are applied

Copy Response​

Copy the entire response to your clipboard with one click.

Download Response​

Save the response as a file on your computer.

Download the response

ℹī¸ Response Metadata​

Every response includes important information beyond just the data. Fetch Client shows you all the details.

  • Status Code
  • Response Time - Milliseconds (ms) or seconds (s)
  • Response Size - Bytes (B), Kilobytes (KB), or Megabytes (MB)
  • Response Headers

➡ī¸ Next Steps​

Now that you understand API responses, explore these topics: