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  Use the HTML/CSS to Image API with Insomnia. Converts html to images.
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# Insomnia: HTML/CSS to Image API
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Learn how to use the API to generate an image using Insomnia
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## Insomnia

Insomnia is an HTTP client that is useful for interacting with API's.

Download[ Insomnia here](https://insomnia.rest/) (Mac OSX only).

### Authorization

First, you'll want to set authorization to **Basic** and enter your API\_ID and API\_KEY from the [Dashboard](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/dashboard).

{% cloudinary /assets/images/insomnia1.png sizes="700px" alt="Using insomnia with the HTML/CSS to Image API" %}

### Passing HTML/CSS

Then, enter your HTML/CSS as parameters for the request.

Press send, and you're done.

{% cloudinary /assets/images/insomnia2.png sizes="700px" alt="Using insomnia with the HTML/CSS to Image API" %}