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Re: Hurl 4.0.0

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> Hurl is a command line tool powered by curl, that runs HTTP requests defined in a simple plain text format:

This is how every new version announcement should start! I'd never heard of Hurl before and that intro + code sample on top instantly made me want to install and try it out.

Congrats on what seems like a great release

Re: Hurl 4.0.0

#4
Never heard of this! I will definitely take a look if this can replace some handwritten bash curl-based test scripts to validate HTTP-level interactions. The combination of documentation and testing in a single text file looks promising.

Re: Hurl 4.0.0

#5
Nice QoL improvements. Hurl is my go-to for any Postman-like problem. It is much easier to maintain and share hurl script then it is for me to share a Postman json blob.

Re: Hurl 4.0.0

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post #6

I learned today that Visual Studio 2022 has support for something similar with .http files: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/test/http-file... . Hurl seem to have way more features.

And way faster

Re: Hurl 4.0.0

#10
Please make this the industry standard for testing APIs.

I'm tired of having to look at Postman screenshots sent from QA. I'm tired of having to wait for them to press Send once I've implemented a fix. I know they're tired of waiting for me to do that, too. Hurl is something both the devs and QA can speak and write. It can be automated and a part of CI. It makes communicating expectations straightforward. It can be chucked along with PRs as a starting point for QA. I don't see a reason not to use it wherever possible.

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