Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Postman: a powerful HTTP client (for Chrome) to test web services

getpostman.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

141–145 of 145 posts

Re: Postman: a powerful HTTP client (for Chrome) to test web services

#141

Post by blisterpeanuts »

a85 wrote: post #50

Thanks for the great comments everyone. Postman developer here. Woke up to find the link at the top of HN. Feels awesome. :)

I love Postman. It came in very handy when I was starting to develop some web apps that use POST JSON packets. Although I've since developed some cURL scripts to do equivalent tasks from the command line, I find Postman's features to still be very handy, especially history, auto-complete, and the handy GUI visual approach. Both Postman and cURL are essential tools to my work. Thanks for providing this great tool!

Re: Postman: a powerful HTTP client (for Chrome) to test web services

#142

Post by HeyImAlex »

dgesang wrote: post #107
snikch wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find your response to be really arrogant. Postman is an easily installed Chrome extension that can be supplied to everyone on your team, regardless of skill level. Requiring a cli isn't as easy as a one click install - there's dependencies (Python etc.) that are required which, while easy for many, aren't as simple for a lot of web developers - especially those who focus on front end development and may just need a…

I can't use postman easily. I don't have a Google account. What do I do?

You don't need one? Install the add on directly.

Re: Postman: a powerful HTTP client (for Chrome) to test web services

#143

Post by stronglikedan »

dgesang wrote: post #107
snikch wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find your response to be really arrogant. Postman is an easily installed Chrome extension that can be supplied to everyone on your team, regardless of skill level. Requiring a cli isn't as easy as a one click install - there's dependencies (Python etc.) that are required which, while easy for many, aren't as simple for a lot of web developers - especially those who focus on front end development and may just need a…

I can't use postman easily. I don't have a Google account. What do I do?

Everyone can use it easily. It's an easy tool to use. You don't need a Google account to install an extension.

> What do I do?

Install the extension and use postman easily.

Re: Postman: a powerful HTTP client (for Chrome) to test web services

#144

Post by atrk »

stronglikedan wrote: post #143
dgesang wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't use postman easily. I don't have a Google account. What do I do?

Everyone can use it easily. It's an easy tool to use. You don't need a Google account to install an extension. > What do I do? Install the extension and use postman easily.

Uhh how about a little more detail? I installed it, but I have no idea how to open it in a tab. Unlike my other extensions, I don't see any icon buttons next to my URL bar.

EDIT: If like me, you're using a Mac, you can use Alfred to open Postman. I still have no idea where to find the extension (I have both the extension and the "packaged app", whatever the difference is, installed on my machine)

Re: Postman: a powerful HTTP client (for Chrome) to test web services

#145

Post by stronglikedan »

atrk wrote: post #144
stronglikedan wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Everyone can use it easily. It's an easy tool to use. You don't need a Google account to install an extension. > What do I do? Install the extension and use postman easily.

Uhh how about a little more detail? I installed it, but I have no idea how to open it in a tab. Unlike my other extensions, I don't see any icon buttons next to my URL bar. EDIT: If like me, you're using a Mac, you can use Alfred to open Postman. I still have no idea where to find the extension (I have both the extension and the "packaged app", whatever the difference is, installed on my machine)

Hmmm, I don't know. When I install it on Windows Chrome, I immediately get an icon next to the URL bar. Sorry I can't be of more help.
Post reply on HN