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Re: Show HN: A Fast HTTP Request CLI Powered by HTTL

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Post by dingnuts »

JOnAgain wrote: post #10

I feel like I'm slow reading through the docs. I really tried. Is this just curl with a simpler syntax? This is advertising CLI integration, so what's the VSCode feature people seem excited about?

Seems like it? Except curl already has decent syntax and lets you directly control what you're doing so you know what the generated request is going to look like. No magic.

I can't see how these tools are powerful enough to replace curl, so you still need to know how to use curl, but at the same time this DSL isn't self explanatory.

I'd rather just use curl, and my team will be careful I didn't ask them to learn another DSL. They already know how to use curl.

Re: Show HN: A Fast HTTP Request CLI Powered by HTTL

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Post by jicea »

emykhailenko wrote: post #9
jihchi wrote: post #3

It looks similar to https://hurl.dev

It was funny that when I was in the middle of the project, I discovered Hurl. It was cool, especially since it's written in Rust and uses libcurl under the hood. However, the lack of OpenAPI support and VS Code integration forced me to continue working on HTTL project.

Hi maintainers of Hurl here! We started very small also and HN helps us a lot to grow and gain popularity. Keep up the good work and the motivation!

The only advice I'll humbly give is to choose a "traditional" license, unless there is a very strong motivation to have a custom one.

Re: Show HN: A Fast HTTP Request CLI Powered by HTTL

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Post by emykhailenko »

null_deref wrote: post #14

It looks really nice! What I found challenging is the lack of namespaces for example using two different bases or two different OpenAPI specs that may override each other or be suggested in the autocomplete in the wrong situations

Great point! Actually, it's already part of the parser but not fully implemented. However, it's coming very soon!

Re: Show HN: A Fast HTTP Request CLI Powered by HTTL

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Post by emykhailenko »

jicea wrote: post #15
emykhailenko wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was funny that when I was in the middle of the project, I discovered Hurl. It was cool, especially since it's written in Rust and uses libcurl under the hood. However, the lack of OpenAPI support and VS Code integration forced me to continue working on HTTL project.

Hi maintainers of Hurl here! We started very small also and HN helps us a lot to grow and gain popularity. Keep up the good work and the motivation! The only advice I'll humbly give is to choose a "traditional" license, unless there is a very strong motivation to have a custom one.

Oh yeah, that’s awesome! Thank you. You guys created a really great tool, it’s so motivating!
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