Show HN: I created Postwoman, an online, open-source API request builder • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: I created Postwoman, an online, open-source API request builder

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Post by dewey » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 12:14 PM UTC

oakesm9 wrote: post #20

I'm just a user of this, but if anyone is looking for a truly native MacOS version of Postman, you should take a look at Paw. https://paw.cloud/

Using this for years already and the developer is very responsive if there are bugs. Can highly recommend it.

Re: Show HN: I created Postwoman, an online, open-source API request builder

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Post by jgrpf » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 12:19 PM UTC

I like wuzz. An ncurses interfaces for HTTP requests that allows me to save my configuration. It's super lightweight and all I need.

https://github.com/asciimoo/wuzz

Re: Show HN: I created Postwoman, an online, open-source API request builder

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Post by duiker101 » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 12:39 PM UTC

Since it was added, my favourite way to do API requests is IntelliJ Http client

https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/http-client-in-product-c...

You just write the requests. That's it. Not much of an interface or anything.

It also supports creating requests from a cURL command (so in Chromium devtools you can copy the cURL request and then paste it in IntelliJ).

Re: Show HN: I created Postwoman, an online, open-source API request builder

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Post by beardedwizard » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 12:45 PM UTC

Don't forget to paste your auth tokens into a random website today.

Re: Show HN: I created Postwoman, an online, open-source API request builder

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Post by whoisthemachine » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 12:46 PM UTC

That's a neat side project, and I like the idea of having a quick website I can go for testing quick requests rather than having to open a full-fledged app.

Re: Show HN: I created Postwoman, an online, open-source API request builder

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Post by JaceLightning » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 12:47 PM UTC

> this is not at all an alternative to Postman - it does the job very beautifully and minimally.

-_- wow. Way to stereotype women

Re: Show HN: I created Postwoman, an online, open-source API request builder

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Post by girvo » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 12:53 PM UTC

oakesm9 wrote: post #20

I'm just a user of this, but if anyone is looking for a truly native MacOS version of Postman, you should take a look at Paw. https://paw.cloud/

Adding to the praise, I adore Paw and the developer is amazingly responsive. Highly recommended on my end.

Re: Show HN: I created Postwoman, an online, open-source API request builder

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Post by toomuchtodo » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 1:12 PM UTC

oakesm9 wrote: post #20

I'm just a user of this, but if anyone is looking for a truly native MacOS version of Postman, you should take a look at Paw. https://paw.cloud/

Paid for Paw years ago, no regrets. Only use it occasionally, but super pleased with the experience when needed.

Re: Show HN: I created Postwoman, an online, open-source API request builder

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Post by jgalentine007 » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 1:22 PM UTC

peteforde wrote: post #27

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned Insomnia. https://insomnia.rest/ It's an excellent tool that allows defining workspaces and even sharing sets of routes with members of your team. It's one of my favourite tools.

Another vote for insomnia!

Re: Show HN: I created Postwoman, an online, open-source API request builder

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Post by scarface74 » Wed, Aug 28, 2019, 1:27 PM UTC

tumetab1 wrote: post #17

Opening the link I was hoping that this would be a postman with better support for file uploads. I have a long lived desired to be able to have postman request which embeds a file to upload. I really like postman features and UX but when I need a test suite for a file upload endpoint it doesn't match. Tried several hacks to achieve to embed files but none worked. If the endpoint supported Content-Transfer-Encoding it…

You don’t need a hack. I do it all of the time.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16015548/tool-for-sendin...