I've really been enjoying HTTPie: https://httpie.io/ Postman has long been too bloated to be useful.
i really like httpie, i didn't know they had an application coming out. This is good stuff.
The GUI is not under an open source license.
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Re: Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you refuse to create account
#112For the emacs users: restclient.el It’s excellent. Doesn’t have server mocking AFAIK, :shrug:
Another vote for spacemacs + restclient:
https://develop.spacemacs.org/layers/+tools/restclient/READM...
Re: Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you refuse to create account
#113There are some extensions for VSCode that let you define your requests in a text file and has ways to run the file and show the data. Here's one I just found: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=humao.re... Syntax looks like: GET https://example.com/comments/1 HTTP/1.1 ### GET https://example.com/topics/1 HTTP/1.1 ### POST https://example.com/comments HTTP/1.1 content-type: application/json { "name":…
Anybody know of one for sublime?
I use hurl[0]
Re: Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you refuse to create account
#114If you’re on macOS, my preferred tool is Paw/Rapid API https://paw.cloud/
yeah, this one is the only thing that i'm missing after migration to linux box. the extensions and ability to write own extensions is very powerful, the speed and native UI were very welcomed, as postman and other electron based tools are just way too heavy for me.
Re: Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you refuse to create account
#115Paw (now RapidAPI) is a very good alternative, though I can't say they wont be under the same capitalist pressures as Postman. I paid $50, one time. https://paw.cloud/ Edit: To be clear it's an app (downloadable client), despite the url.
the mac client probably wont, as they were already bought by rapidapi.com and made web-based client that looks like PAW but has the same issues as other web-based solution
Re: Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you refuse to create account
#116Not very surprised, Postman has continued to get more bloated and pushy with accounts, I ended up just moving to Insomnia after using Postman for many many years.
Edit: turns out Insomnia has enshittified too
Re: Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you refuse to create account
#117I remember encountering Postman years ago when it was a chrome app where I'd fill some fields and use it against a server absent a frontend to prototype/test.
I never understood what's the improvement from having a headless client written in Python using requests or something and the data in source-code, kept versioned? I figure requests or similar libraries have something with sessions and cookies that allows me to issue requests against an active or mock server. This way I can specify the API, data to send each endpoints and possibly also use these snippets in testing.
I have usually taken this Python route when I've wanted something nicer (this is subjective) in comparison to cURL.
Can someone experienced here tell me the value add over something like this with Postman?
Re: Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you refuse to create account
#118Your Scratch Pad data is safe and accessible.
It can be Migrated to a new Workspace, once you create an account, using the 'Cog Icon > Settings > Data > Migrate data' menu option.
Alternatively, it can be Exported from the Lightweight API Client(signed out version) using the 'Cog Icon > Settings > Data > Export data' menu options.
You don't need to go searching for the data in your file systems.
Re: Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you refuse to create account
#119Re: Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you refuse to create account
#120Earlier quoted context omitted.
Insomnia doesn’t wipe out your stuff if you don’t create an account though.
Postman doesn't either, but it doesn't tell you where the backup is. Same deceptive shite.
Your Scratch Pad data is safe and accessible.
It can be Migrated to a new Workspace, once you create an account, using the 'Cog Icon > Settings > Data > Migrate data' menu option.
Alternatively, it can be Exported from the Lightweight API Client(signed out version) using the 'Cog Icon > Settings > Data > Export data' menu options.