# Generate code snippets from API requests
Postman can convert an API request into a code snippet. You can then use the generated code snippet in your front-end application to make calls to an API. Postman can generate code snippets for a variety of programming languages and client libraries, including Postman CLI, C#, JavaScript, and NodeJS.
This guide has information about generating code snippets from API requests. For information about generating server-side boilerplate code from an API specification, see [Generate server-side code in the Postman API Builder](/docs/design-apis/api-builder/develop-apis/generating-server-code/).
## Generate code snippets in Postman
1. Open the request you want to use for a code snippet, then select 
**Code** in the right sidebar.
2. Select a [language or framework](#supported-languages-and-client-libraries) from the dropdown list.
3. Select 
**Copy snippet** to copy the code snippet to your clipboard.
4. For more configuration options, like the indentation type and count, select 
**Code settings** next to the dropdown list. The settings vary based on the chosen language or framework.
## Supported languages and client libraries
Postman supports the following languages and client libraries:
| **Language** | **Framework** |
| ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| C# | HttpClient |
| C# | [RestSharp](http://restsharp.dev/) |
| cURL | [cURL](https://curl.se/) |
| Dart | [Dio](https://pub.dev/packages/dio) |
| Dart | HTTP |
| Go | [http package](https://pkg.go.dev/net/http) |
| HTTP | (Raw HTTP request) |
| Java | [OkHttp](https://github.com/square/okhttp) |
| Java | [Unirest](https://github.com/Kong/unirest-java) |
| JavaScript | [Fetch](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API) |
| JavaScript | [jQuery](https://api.jquery.com/jquery.ajax/) |
| JavaScript | [XHR](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/XMLHttpRequest) |
| Kotlin | [OkHttp](https://square.github.io/okhttp/) |
| C | [LibCurl](https://curl.se/libcurl/c/) |
| NodeJS | [Axios](https://github.com/axios/axios) |
| NodeJS | [Native](https://nodejs.org/api/http.html) |
| NodeJS | [Request](https://github.com/request/request) |
| NodeJS | [Unirest](https://github.com/Kong/unirest-nodejs) |
| Objective-C | [NSURLSession](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/urlsession) |
| OCaml | [Cohttp](https://github.com/mirage/ocaml-cohttp) |
| PHP | [cURL](https://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.curl.php) |
| PHP | [Guzzle](https://docs.guzzlephp.org/en/stable/) |
| PHP | [Http\_Request2](https://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.request.php) |
| PHP | [pecl\_http](https://mdref.m6w6.name/http) |
| Postman CLI | [Postman CLI](/docs/postman-cli/postman-cli-options/#run-requests) |
| PowerShell | [RestMethod](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/invoke-restmethod?view=powershell-7) |
| Python | [http.client](https://docs.python.org/3/library/http.client.html) (Python 3) |
| Python | [Requests](https://www.w3schools.com/python/module_requests.asp) |
| R | [httr](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/httr/index.html) |
| R | [RCurl](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/RCurl/index.html) |
| Ruby | [NET::Http](https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/2.0.0/Net/HTTP.html) |
| Rust | [reqwest](https://docs.rs/reqwest/latest/reqwest/) |
| Shell | [Httpie](https://github.com/httpie/httpie) |
| Shell | [wget](https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/) |
| Swift | [URLSession](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/urlsession) |
To add a new language or setting, you can contribute to [Postman's open-source project](https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-code-generators).