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Show HN: HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) with zero setup

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Re: Show HN: HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) with zero setup

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Post by pimterry »

bdcravens wrote: post #54

I understand why you're doing it, but the download link redirecting me to an email capture page is quite jarring. If your download link is at the top of your homepage, and there's more product details below that link, it's pretty typical to hit download and assume it's a normal download link while you read the rest of the page. An easily dismissible modal would work better (or put an email capture in your app on firs…

Hmm, interesting. I really just did it without much thought, I didn't think it was particularly unusual behaviour.

That said, this completely makes sense, I'm definitely going to look at that. I could fairly easily swap the 'sign up for updates' in directly in place of the download button when that's clicked I think, which would avoid the extra page and the modal all together, make everything much nicer, and still give keen users a clear opportunity to properly follow the project.

Thanks! Great point.

Re: Show HN: HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) with zero setup

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Post by altano »

pault wrote: post #40
pimterry wrote: post #2

Hey HN! I've been building this for a while, but up until now it's been a read-only HTTP debugging tool, and today's my first foray into proper mocking, which opens up a whole new world of fun (and practical use cases). Let me know what you think :-)

I hope this works out! Using fiddler us such a frustrating experience. The documentation is practically non existent and the ux is atrocious, and as far as I can tell the closest thing to a manual is a paid ebook by the developer (I was so pissed when I discovered this). I would be very happy to have an open source alternative!

If you think Fiddler sucks get a Mac and try using the tools available there like Charles Proxy. Ugh.

Re: Show HN: HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) with zero setup

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Post by luckman212 »

altano wrote: post #62
pault wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hope this works out! Using fiddler us such a frustrating experience. The documentation is practically non existent and the ux is atrocious, and as far as I can tell the closest thing to a manual is a paid ebook by the developer (I was so pissed when I discovered this). I would be very happy to have an open source alternative!

If you think Fiddler sucks get a Mac and try using the tools available there like Charles Proxy. Ugh.

Curious about this comment. I'm a Mac user and a Charles user. I find it to be a great tool. Why the negativity?

Re: Show HN: HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) with zero setup

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Post by jame_bkk »

altano wrote: post #62
pault wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hope this works out! Using fiddler us such a frustrating experience. The documentation is practically non existent and the ux is atrocious, and as far as I can tell the closest thing to a manual is a paid ebook by the developer (I was so pissed when I discovered this). I would be very happy to have an open source alternative!

If you think Fiddler sucks get a Mac and try using the tools available there like Charles Proxy. Ugh.

Give Proxyman (https://proxyman.io/) a try, which is a better alternative for Fiddler and Charles Proxy.

Re: Show HN: HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) with zero setup

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Post by nghiatran_feels »

jame_bkk wrote: post #66

How does HTTP Mock compare with Proxymam.io? Your tool is promising with zero-setup, but it works with different macOS app, doesn't it? I would try it tmr.

The first noticeable feature is that HTTP Mock is cross-platform and Proxyman is exclusively built on macOS.

I'm not sure how zero-setup works, but it's cool feature indeed. I was frustrated to setup those certificate on Fiddler. I suppose that Fiddler tends to expert users, not me.

Re: Show HN: HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) with zero setup

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Post by ElijahLynn »

bdcravens wrote: post #54

I understand why you're doing it, but the download link redirecting me to an email capture page is quite jarring. If your download link is at the top of your homepage, and there's more product details below that link, it's pretty typical to hit download and assume it's a normal download link while you read the rest of the page. An easily dismissible modal would work better (or put an email capture in your app on firs…

+1 for easy access download without forcing an email submission.

update: K, I had gotten side tracked and forgot that it already downloaded and left me on the email submission page. User error. Downloads fine without email.

Re: Show HN: HTTP Mock – Intercept, debug and mock HTTP(S) with zero setup

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Post by ElijahLynn »

ElijahLynn wrote: post #69

Arch AUR package here everyone > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/httptoolkit/ `yay -S httptoolkit` AUR is 0.1.13 and latest is 0.1.14 fwiw.

WOW. Just WOW. Easiest intercepter I have EVER used. (Charles, Fiddler, MITMProxy). After install I was able to edit requests and responses with the MOCK rules in no time.

The language was confusing but I got through it and WOW.

Nice job on the UI too, Linux UI's are hit or miss and HTTP Toolkit's is pleasant!

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