Local, open source, versioned and can serve as interactive documentation for users. Never tried it personally but it can even generate code from the specs.
Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you refuse to create account
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#132Re: Tell HN: Postman update removes all your stuff if you refuse to create account
#133Am I crazy for using curl and editing the shell cmdline with vim when I need to work with lots of headers?
No, but unless portability is a concern or you're massively familiar with curl, you might want to consider xh. It's much more intuitive. https://github.com/ducaale/xh
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#134There is no GUI, so Hurl is not a drop-in Postman replacement, but it has nice features: it can be easily integrated in CI/CD, it's fast and it's powered by curl!
A detail: Hurl is given to the community by Orange, a French telco. Orange is not in the dev business, so it should remain free, open source, analytics free for a long time. In any case, you can easily convert Hurl files to JSON [2] in order to switch to another tool or not being trapped in a single provider...
[1]: https://hurl.dev
[2]: https://hurl.dev/docs/frequently-asked-questions.html#how-ca...
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#135As one of the creators, I can recommmend https://kreya.app . It is not open source (like Postman), but has a strong focus on privacy and also stores the data locally. As it has more powerful features (IMO) than most alternatives listed here, I am a little disappointed that it isn't mentioned more often.
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#136Absolutely scummy behaviour
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#137Earlier quoted context omitted.
Postman did it first, unless I'm missing something.
yep, Insomnia was the alternative to Postman, now the cycle continues...
Sad Insomnia made it a race
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#138- Free and Opensource IDE for exploring and testing APIs
- It is lightweight with MIT license
- Bruno stores your collections directly in a folder on your filesystem
- Use git for collaboration
- No cloud sync. Fully offline.
PS: I am the creator of this project
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#139Try Bruno - https://github.com/usebruno/bruno - Free and Opensource IDE for exploring and testing APIs - It is lightweight with MIT license - Bruno stores your collections directly in a folder on your filesystem - Use git for collaboration - No cloud sync. Fully offline. PS: I am the creator of this project
Start API Client
Traction
VC Funding
Bloatware
Deprecate Scratchpad
Delete Scratchpad
Bruno will put an end to this. Honestly, I don't care if I end up making little money from Bruno. This shit has to stop. An API Client need not be VC funded.
It's been a decade now. 10yrs.
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#140Anytime I want to automate or do something slightly more complex than run a request it becomes a homework assignment.
I’d much rather just use Python and work up a small library. Everyone has their own preferences in the end and it’s much less painful doing it my own way.