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Re: Insomnia 3.0 – A simple and beautiful REST API client

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Post by shi » Tue, Sep 06, 2016, 12:03 PM UTC

mikerybka wrote: post #47

gschier wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great suggestion. Websocket support is definitely something I've been thinking about adding later on. I'd love to hear any suggestions you have on what a websocket testing workflow would look like.

I would be happy with very basic support. Just something that can save messages and connection urls. A nice JSON viewer/editor like you have already would be very helpful to me as well. The current options for websocket testing aren't that great.

+1 for WebSocket support

Re: Insomnia 3.0 – A simple and beautiful REST API client

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Post by newscracker » Tue, Sep 06, 2016, 12:14 PM UTC

imron wrote: post #52

cyberferret wrote: post #31

Seems cool - I am going to download now and try it out. Tip: I suggest removing the 'pricing' menu option on the top of the web site. I saw it immediately the first time I went to your site, and I assumed yours was a paid product, so I stopped there and closed the window. It was only when I went back later and scrolled through, I noticed the current version is free for now. Removing the 'Pricing' link may make other…

Conversely, pricing is one of the first things I look for (on the assumption that good tools cost money but provide value). If you're always going to have a free version, great put that on the pricing page along with any premium options, but don't make me go hunting through your site to find what paid options you have.

I hate it when pricing is not a prominent link on a site's homepage and has to be found through a web search. It always look quite shady, like the enterprise software/services market where "call for pricing" is more common and always seems like an extortion is about to take place.

For consumer/small business related apps/services, if I don't see pricing linked or mentioned on the home page, I assume that it is quite expensive and that the developer/company believes the same too, thinking that people will balk on seeing the price and that they can somehow be convinced to sign up first (so they can be marketed to) and then pay what's demanded after reading the long list of features or other fluff they put up.

Re: Insomnia 3.0 – A simple and beautiful REST API client

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Post by esseti » Tue, Sep 06, 2016, 12:18 PM UTC

shenal wrote: post #126

Is it possible to import my Postman collections ?

i do need this, i've a collection of 100+ calls and i would like to import it without the need of rewriting everything

Re: Insomnia 3.0 – A simple and beautiful REST API client

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Post by newscracker » Tue, Sep 06, 2016, 12:20 PM UTC

supersan wrote: post #66

gschier wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's great feedback. The app is (and always will be) free so de-prioritizing the pricing page is probably a good idea :)

No, but i think you should leave it there. Pricing should be upfront otherwise it creates suspicion and distrust.

It could be prominently mentioned as free on the homepage instead and avoid making users navigate pages to find information.

Not like "download free for " (as it is now on this site), but as "free to use, download for " or something similar.

Re: Insomnia 3.0 – A simple and beautiful REST API client

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Post by spoiler » Tue, Sep 06, 2016, 12:33 PM UTC

PascalW wrote: post #128

Nice to see some competition for Postman. Even though Postman works quite well I never really liked it. Lot's of common actions are pretty tedious, like changing an environment variable and lot's of small annoyances like it automatically following redirects etc. A while ago I took a stab at building my own Postman alternative, Pragma [1]. What I found was that getting the basic functionality going is obviously not th…

> What I found was that getting the basic functionality going is obviously not that hard, but building a good and useful UI requires quite a bit of effort.

The hardest part for me is always a "good" UI, I can make it useful, but getting it to look good, smooth and feel pleasant is the biggest challenge.

Re: Insomnia 3.0 – A simple and beautiful REST API client

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Post by andrewingram » Tue, Sep 06, 2016, 12:52 PM UTC

I'm hoping that one of these products (I use Paw at the moment) will eventually add support for GraphQL servers, so that I can switch from using GraphiQL to something a little more pretty and powerful.

Re: Insomnia 3.0 – A simple and beautiful REST API client

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Post by laacz » Tue, Sep 06, 2016, 1:00 PM UTC

What a name. Almost misread it for jsonmia. :)

Re: Insomnia 3.0 – A simple and beautiful REST API client

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Post by sebthomas » Tue, Sep 06, 2016, 1:04 PM UTC

that url is going to be disappointing for people looking for help with insomnia

Re: Insomnia 3.0 – A simple and beautiful REST API client

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Post by tomelders » Tue, Sep 06, 2016, 1:14 PM UTC

If anyone is reading this, being able to write consumer tests would be wicked! The overwhelming majority of bugs I have to squash are because the API deviates form the contract either in my mock implementation or in the back enders implementation.

A frictionless way to write tests on the fly would really speed up spotting these deviations.

Re: Insomnia 3.0 – A simple and beautiful REST API client

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Post by jsargiox » Tue, Sep 06, 2016, 1:26 PM UTC

It's nowhere near the features and look of Insomnia but a pet project that I work on my spare time it's http://github.com/jsargiot/restman. The initial need was because Opera didn't had an extension of such kind.