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Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)

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Re: Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)

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Post by aPoCoMiLogin »

skydhash wrote: post #9

I myself use Paw [0] because it's native to MacOS, but I'm a little bit worried for it's longevity as it being supported by a SaaS business. But so far it's been great to document API for my personal projects. [0]: https://paw.cloud/

the extensions and ability to write your own extensions, or chain request/response values is crazy. when i've switched to linux box from macos last year, paw.cloud (rapidapi) was one of few stoppers for me, that good of a software it is. also not to mention the integration with keychain for credentials encryption was nice.

postman is really bad, nobody should use it. same goes for similar solutions, even this one.

Re: Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)

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paol wrote: post #68
thih9 wrote: post #64

One thing I like doing when working with APIa is to have an echo server at hand. I.e. something that I can query via curl or via a network library that I’m using, and see in response what kind of request it actually received. It helps me verify that I’m making correct requests (and not misusing curl or a network library). Currently I google for that and use the first online result that comes up. Is there an open sour…

Sounds like mockserver[0] might be what you want. [0] https://www.mock-server.com/

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Re: Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)

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Post by cyunker »

thih9 wrote: post #64

One thing I like doing when working with APIa is to have an echo server at hand. I.e. something that I can query via curl or via a network library that I’m using, and see in response what kind of request it actually received. It helps me verify that I’m making correct requests (and not misusing curl or a network library). Currently I google for that and use the first online result that comes up. Is there an open sour…

I've been using https://httpbin.org/ to so some client testing and so far it has been great. They provide a docker image which makes it easy to run locally.

Re: Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)

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Post by croes »

Poliorcetes wrote: post #73
d0gsg0w00f wrote: post #13

Thank 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.

here's the thing, developers probably like to eat, so the program has to eventually make money somehow. how does this program plan to make money?

https://www.usebruno.com/buy-golden-edition

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Post by dumbo-octopus »

bisby wrote: post #22
d0gsg0w00f wrote: post #13

Thank 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.

Download Insomnia 2023.5.8 and disable automatic updates.

Though Insomnia doesn't work with streaming responses at all, which is a bit of a non-starter in the age of AI. Anyone know a good streaming HTTP UI?

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Post by helloanoop »

margorczynski wrote: post #55
bisby wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Well based on historical experience with Postman and Insomnia most probably Bruno will go the same way once they get enough users hooked in. Especially once a VC gets into the fold.

Hey there, this is Anoop - creator of Bruno.

Happy to see Bruno at the top of HN

We will never take VC funding. We received around 10 inbound reach outs from VCs till date and have denied funding from all of them.

We will remain independent and I have written about it in detail here https://www.usebruno.com/blog/bootstrapping

Re: Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)

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Post by quickthrower2 »

d0gsg0w00f wrote: post #13

Thank 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.

I did the same switch. Then went to the Chrome extension YARC https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/yet-another-rest-c... which I like for the simplicity. It does remember past queries.
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