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Paw – Advanced API tool for Mac

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Re: Paw – Advanced API tool for Mac

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Post by matthewmacleod »

ianunruh wrote: post #3

How is this different from Postman? It seems very similar, but Postman is free and has other really awesome features (like being able to export tests and run them in the command line).

The main thing for me was that it's a proper native app. It works really well, takes advantage of the native OS APIs and is a better product because of it.

Re: Paw – Advanced API tool for Mac

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Post by ecaroth »

I purchased Paw about 6 months ago and used it heavily, until recently I have ran into multiple situations where it didn't properly include custom headers I specified into the request, and was causing odd errors that I assumed were the fault of the code I was testing (happened in multiple different languages/projects). I have since started using Postman, but would love to go back to Paw since I appreciated some if it's features (such as being able to save an API definition into the github repo for sharing with other devs)

EDIT - didn't realize this post was for Paw 3, which just became available. Installing now and excited to try it!

Re: Paw – Advanced API tool for Mac

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Post by dchuk »

Interesting, this is the first time I've seen a domain with the .cloud extension. I wonder how many other companies are going to follow suit?

Regarding the app, Paw is friggin amazing. I was lucky to get it back when it was much cheaper, but it's definitely still worth the $49 even now. The team stuff is interesting too, as me and my guys share our exports all the time.

Re: Paw – Advanced API tool for Mac

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Post by andyfleming »

ianunruh wrote: post #3

How is this different from Postman? It seems very similar, but Postman is free and has other really awesome features (like being able to export tests and run them in the command line).

The UX is 1000x better. Faster load up, more intuitive keyboard/mouse navigation, etc etc.
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