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Re: Show HN: Osapy - an API proxy to visualize HTTP request for debugging

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Post by thomaslutz » Mon, Apr 13, 2020, 9:04 PM UTC

{"message":"Missing Authentication Token"}

Re: Show HN: Osapy - an API proxy to visualize HTTP request for debugging

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Post by osapy » Mon, Apr 13, 2020, 9:09 PM UTC

thomaslutz wrote: post #11

{"message":"Missing Authentication Token"}

Which API are you trying to call ? This doesn't look like one of my error messages.

Re: Show HN: Osapy - an API proxy to visualize HTTP request for debugging

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Apr 13, 2020, 9:09 PM UTC

difosfor wrote: post #9

For client debugging I usually just use the network inspector or Charles ( https://www.charlesproxy.com/ ). But I guess this might be useful for server to server API call debugging

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Re: Show HN: Osapy - an API proxy to visualize HTTP request for debugging

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Post by matylla » Mon, Apr 13, 2020, 9:10 PM UTC

mlamina wrote: post #4

How is it different from https://requestbin.com/ ?

...or https://hookbin.com

Re: Show HN: Osapy - an API proxy to visualize HTTP request for debugging

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Post by osapy » Mon, Apr 13, 2020, 9:11 PM UTC

dewey wrote: post #10

Can't you do exactly that by looking at the network inspector in any browser and then right click "Copy as curl"?

I think depends on the use case. If you just want to test a backend API, e.g. to call ERP/SAP API or a Google API I'm not sure how you can do that.

Re: Show HN: Osapy - an API proxy to visualize HTTP request for debugging

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Post by osapy » Mon, Apr 13, 2020, 9:12 PM UTC

matylla wrote: post #14

mlamina wrote: post #4

How is it different from https://requestbin.com/ ?

...or https://hookbin.com

Is hookbin using websockets for live publishing of the requests? It says you need to refresh the website.

Re: Show HN: Osapy - an API proxy to visualize HTTP request for debugging

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Post by matylla » Mon, Apr 13, 2020, 9:16 PM UTC

osapy wrote: post #16

matylla wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

...or https://hookbin.com

Is hookbin using websockets for live publishing of the requests? It says you need to refresh the website.

It does not, however I have zero problems hitting cmd+r when I’ve made the request.

Re: Show HN: Osapy - an API proxy to visualize HTTP request for debugging

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Post by osapy » Mon, Apr 13, 2020, 9:19 PM UTC

matylla wrote: post #17

osapy wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is hookbin using websockets for live publishing of the requests? It says you need to refresh the website.

It does not, however I have zero problems hitting cmd+r when I’ve made the request.

One aim of the tool is to make it as easy and simple as possible to use, but thank you for sharing the link.

Re: Show HN: Osapy - an API proxy to visualize HTTP request for debugging

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Post by osapy » Mon, Apr 13, 2020, 9:20 PM UTC

difosfor wrote: post #9

For client debugging I usually just use the network inspector or Charles ( https://www.charlesproxy.com/ ). But I guess this might be useful for server to server API call debugging

Yes Osapy is for server-server debugging AND you don't need to install anything

Re: Show HN: Osapy - an API proxy to visualize HTTP request for debugging

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Post by jkarneges » Mon, Apr 13, 2020, 9:29 PM UTC

mlamina wrote: post #4

How is it different from https://requestbin.com/ ?

It looks like Osapy acts as a proxy to an arbitrary destination server. Requestbin and similar tools are for receiving and saving HTTP requests, but not proxying them out to somewhere else. So that's an important difference.

Although I'm having trouble getting it to work. Seeing the same token error others are reporting.