It would be interesting to add "Use cases" section as I had to check HN comments to grasp what the service actually does.
Question: how is your service different than generating a request from curl in Postman, saving it, then using?
Show HN: Curl2Url
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Re: Show HN: Curl2Url
#12It needs to be more explicit that it is a curl invocation as a service. I was close to giving up and flagging because i didn't understood what this website does. Also, what does "Run request on demand" mean? How is that demand determined?
Market forces presumably /s
Re: Show HN: Curl2Url
#13It would be interesting to add "Use cases" section as I had to check HN comments to grasp what the service actually does. Question: how is your service different than generating a request from curl in Postman, saving it, then using?
The difference is that the Curl call is made in a remote server. Similar to a Proxy, but I suppose the proxy is configured at this website rather than the callsite.
Re: Show HN: Curl2Url
#14What does this do? It should really be explained on the site.
Re: Show HN: Curl2Url
#15Why using a hash for url instead of url query parameters?
Using location hash minimizes the risk of accidental activation by automated scanners if the URL is logged somehow, as it requires using a browser for JavaScript to read it.
Re: Show HN: Curl2Url
#16It would be interesting to add "Use cases" section as I had to check HN comments to grasp what the service actually does. Question: how is your service different than generating a request from curl in Postman, saving it, then using?
The difference is that the Curl call is made in a remote server. Similar to a Proxy, but I suppose the proxy is configured at this website rather than the callsite.
yeah I get it, but why? I can get a VPS and run a curl there, without bandwidth limits.
Re: Show HN: Curl2Url
#17It needs to be more explicit that it is a curl invocation as a service. I was close to giving up and flagging because i didn't understood what this website does. Also, what does "Run request on demand" mean? How is that demand determined?
It's fairly self explanatory if you try it. The generated page has a button you click to run the request, rather than just running as soon as it loads.
Re: Show HN: Curl2Url
#18It needs to be more explicit that it is a curl invocation as a service. I was close to giving up and flagging because i didn't understood what this website does. Also, what does "Run request on demand" mean? How is that demand determined?
It's fairly self explanatory if you try it. The generated page has a button you click to run the request, rather than just running as soon as it loads.
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Re: Show HN: Curl2Url
#19That is awesome. I've always wanted to be able to access URLs from my browser. /s In all seriousness, I'm sure there is a use case for this, but is is not at all self-evident, so you probably need to explain why you built this. Or maybe that is what is in the video, but people aren't going to watch a video if the top of the page doesn't already grab them in some way.
Thank you for the feedback. Yes, the initial use cases are explained on the video, I tried to condense all information in one minute, but I plan to add more key features. You are right, top page isn't catchy, I'll think about it
Re: Show HN: Curl2Url
#20It needs to be more explicit that it is a curl invocation as a service. I was close to giving up and flagging because i didn't understood what this website does. Also, what does "Run request on demand" mean? How is that demand determined?
Thank you for the feedback