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Insomnia REST client now requires an account

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Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account

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Post by ok_dad »

nerdo wrote: post #10
PH95VuimJjqBqy wrote: post #4

what alternatives exist? I literally just switched to insomnia due to postman doing this so I'm a bit stuck now. Do I go back to fiddler?

Thunder Client VS Code extension.

Unfortunately I think they’re doing similar things with this extension. Last I checked, they locked some functionality behind a paywall that was formerly free and now they have several weird tiers of pricing with revenue limits and other bullshit.

https://www.thunderclient.com/pricing

Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account

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Post by huy-nguyen »

dochne wrote: post #18

My understanding is that Postman unfortunately pulled the same thing lately, so that's unfortunately a no-go for you. I've previously had good experiences with Paw (now RapidAPI) - https://paw.cloud/ , but given that they are closed source and have started giving away the software rather than charging for it, I'm not filled with optimism they won't do a similar rug pull.

I’ve actually tried Paw but I found it tricky because it doesn’t have a quick fuzzy search for existing API requests, which is something I use a lot in Insomnia.

Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account

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Post by CrimsonRain »

stringtoint wrote: post #15

Curious to know what advantages Insomnia has/had over Postman beyond being MIT licensed. Postman's initial startup time could be a bit faster but other than this I'm not missing much (yet). I used it for years occasionally before finally creating an account not so long to sync my requests across devices. BTW: Jetbrains IDEs like WebStorm also have an integrated HTTP client.

Ignoring everything else, postman UX is worse than anything I've ever used

Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account

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Post by bdavisx »

stonecharioteer wrote: post #7
PH95VuimJjqBqy wrote: post #4

what alternatives exist? I literally just switched to insomnia due to postman doing this so I'm a bit stuck now. Do I go back to fiddler?

I ditched all these in favour of curl or xh a couple of years ago. Keep my recipes in shell scripts with documentation. Solves everything for me.

This makes it relatively easy to chain calls if necessary - call one api to get a authn token and then call another with the token you just got. I think that postman and insomnia can do that, but it's a breeze from the command line.

Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account

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Post by mead5432 »

Thoughtworks Technology Radar has Insomnia as a "Trial" in the issue that came out today because of Postman pushing for more things to live on their servers.

While not quite the same, still feels like awkward timing.

https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar/tools/summary/insomnia

*edited to add a link

Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account

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Post by paradox460 »

cwdegidio wrote: post #17
PH95VuimJjqBqy wrote: post #4

what alternatives exist? I literally just switched to insomnia due to postman doing this so I'm a bit stuck now. Do I go back to fiddler?

Paw is always an option if you are on a Mac... I don't know if it available on PC

They were bought by rapid API so there might be a Mac version now

Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account

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Post by paradox460 »

PH95VuimJjqBqy wrote: post #4

what alternatives exist? I literally just switched to insomnia due to postman doing this so I'm a bit stuck now. Do I go back to fiddler?

I've been using LiveBook and doing my requests and such in there. If you're not an Elixir shop you could probably do something similar with jupyter

Re: Insomnia REST client now requires an account

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Post by jurassicfoxy »

paradox460 wrote: post #27
cwdegidio wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Paw is always an option if you are on a Mac... I don't know if it available on PC

They were bought by rapid API so there might be a Mac version now

I was really disappointed with the Rapid API buyout, but anyway, the client for Mac seems essentially unchanged, is the good news.

The weird thing is that I can find NO mention of the client on their site: https://rapidapi.com/products/build-apis/

Which, to me, is a bad sign. I suspect someday I'll be forced to give it up.

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