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

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Post by tumetab1 »

scarface74 wrote: post #40
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...

That doesn't work for the test runner, just for one time off requests. Just closing and opening postman it looses the file you had choosen.

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

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Post by AngeloAnolin »

Navigating to the site[1] and asking me to install it on my Chrome browser without providing any relevant information is a big security no-no. I think the developer should have provided more information on the product and link to a trustworthy site where the binaries could be verified and added (safely) into the browser.

[1] https://liyasthomas.github.io/postwoman/

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

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Post by asdkhadsj »

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.

Can you comment on the I/O of documentation from it? Ie, I hate how Postman and friends want to be the nexus / saas of my products API documentation. I want to work with something in a common format, like OpenAPI, RAML or BlueprintAPI. These HTTP clients are nice, but I want them to be a tool, not required.

Thoughts?

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

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Post by lpcvoid »

This is probably the worst website I have ever used. Why does it have a progress bar, why is everything slow, why is it not simply a html page. What is going on with these people.

Also, author quote :

>I use a low-end PC and can't possibly afford to run another Electron app

But proceeds to create more slow running web stuff. Okay. Is it just me or does this just seem like such a strange behavior?

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

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Post by stronglikedan »

leandot wrote: post #25

After Postman lost all my saved queries after an upgrade I switched to Insomnia - https://insomnia.rest/ and am quite happy with it.

I'm curious to know what gives you the confidence that Insomnia won't lose your saved data? Are you paying the premium for the data sync?

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

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Post by jsjohnst »

tumetab1 wrote: post #19
jmnicolas wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If performances are a concern I would build it in QT, not Javascript. Just opening Firefox eats like 400 MB ram on my PC !

It makes me question, is there any way to run a slim browser for these kind of tools? It would be cool to have a tool that would: * run a very slim browser tab for each tool * I cloud load/save sites into tools (So I can really run them offline) * Could have a shortcut or a starting page that's just links to my saved tools

Check out Fluid[0], it might fit your needs.

[0] https://fluidapp.com/

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

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Post by neotek »

lpcvoid wrote: post #44

This is probably the worst website I have ever used. Why does it have a progress bar, why is everything slow, why is it not simply a html page. What is going on with these people. Also, author quote : >I use a low-end PC and can't possibly afford to run another Electron app But proceeds to create more slow running web stuff. Okay. Is it just me or does this just seem like such a strange behavior?

Even by HN standards this seems like an excessive level of cynicism for a bog standard blog post format.

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

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Post by lpcvoid »

neotek wrote: post #48
lpcvoid wrote: post #44

This is probably the worst website I have ever used. Why does it have a progress bar, why is everything slow, why is it not simply a html page. What is going on with these people. Also, author quote : >I use a low-end PC and can't possibly afford to run another Electron app But proceeds to create more slow running web stuff. Okay. Is it just me or does this just seem like such a strange behavior?

Even by HN standards this seems like an excessive level of cynicism for a bog standard blog post format.

I did not mean to come about as cynical, I simply do not understand this mindset. If you identified a problem, why not fix it? Why keep on making the same decision with the same deterministic outcome?

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

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Post by klinskyc »

lpcvoid wrote: post #44

This is probably the worst website I have ever used. Why does it have a progress bar, why is everything slow, why is it not simply a html page. What is going on with these people. Also, author quote : >I use a low-end PC and can't possibly afford to run another Electron app But proceeds to create more slow running web stuff. Okay. Is it just me or does this just seem like such a strange behavior?

Are you talking about the indiehackers website? That's not made by the author of the post
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