bruno seems really easy and good, but then.. it doesn't support cookies..
Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)
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#22Thank you. As soon as Postman asked for a login I uninstalled it and have been curling from text files ever since. My younger coworkers won't drop Postman though. Maybe this will help them switch.
The irony that I switched to Insomnia after Postman started demanding a login... and now I've been actively looking for alternatives (Bruno being on the list) now that Insomnia has done the same thing.
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#23Can someone explain what Postman or Bruno is for? I know it's something for interacting with apis but why would i use it. I interact with apis a lot with curl or wrapper in my languages but never really needed something else?
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#24Looks awesome! Having version controlled api collections is a good enough idea that it makes all other ideas seem a little crazy.
Any idea if the CLI app is available as a standalone? Looks like its a "desktop app + cli” or nothing deal from what I can find.
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#25Postman story: Layoff happened, and we didn't yet have our postman software in our list of services to remove employees from. This is not Postman's fault. One person had "deleted" all his collections and workspaces after the layoff to clear his laptop of all things related to our company. After we got an email from Postman saying our workspaces were deleted, I removed the laid off users. Since I removed the laid off…
It makes no sense in the first place for such a tool to even need a login functionality and cloud saves...
What's really needed to store information about a few http requests? Maybe a few kilobytes. I never understood it and I particularly don't understand how any company could fall for that. If they instead invested in teaching their engineers how to use curl even that would have paid off more.
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#26Postman story: Layoff happened, and we didn't yet have our postman software in our list of services to remove employees from. This is not Postman's fault. One person had "deleted" all his collections and workspaces after the layoff to clear his laptop of all things related to our company. After we got an email from Postman saying our workspaces were deleted, I removed the laid off users. Since I removed the laid off…
It makes no sense in the first place for such a tool to even need a login functionality and cloud saves... What's really needed to store information about a few http requests? Maybe a few kilobytes. I never understood it and I particularly don't understand how any company could fall for that. If they instead invested in teaching their engineers how to use curl even that would have paid off more.
The benefit of using postman is that you can open the app, see your (shared) collections, easily change the params and hit send. Can curl be used like that?
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#27Postman story: Layoff happened, and we didn't yet have our postman software in our list of services to remove employees from. This is not Postman's fault. One person had "deleted" all his collections and workspaces after the layoff to clear his laptop of all things related to our company. After we got an email from Postman saying our workspaces were deleted, I removed the laid off users. Since I removed the laid off…
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#28I have nothing against this app or the other graphical HTTP tools like Postman, Insomnia, etc., as people clearly get value out of them, but personally, I've moved everything over to Hurl --> hurl.dev - Open source - Text files all the way down - Easily understood DSL - Easily distributed - Easily versioned - Fast Download the executable, copy the two lines below into "first-test.hurl" and you're up and running. GET…
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#29Take note makers of HN. If you launch a product with this attitude and respect, I will pay for it in a heartbeat.
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#30Very tempting! But, will there be a lifetime version/license? Would rather pay upfront instead of ending up potentially not really using it much for 2 years.
It looks like the pricing page has lifetime licenses only.
It says "one time payment" but then it says "2 years of updates".
I interpreted that as having to pay a second time two years into the future if I will want another two years of updates then. A bit misleading.