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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 leosanchez »

michaelbuckbee wrote: post #20

I 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…

+1 for hurl. Been using it from many months now.

IMO only thing missing for me is a predicate that checks every item in the array for some condition.

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

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Post by sergioisidoro »

I found Bruno after Insomnia adopted the Postman strategy of being cloud first, with a disastrous migration - I momentarily lost all my local projects after an update.

I've been using it for a while and I really like the offline first + git collaboration aspect of it. Only missing Websockets functionality at the moment.

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

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Post by konaraddi »

masa331 wrote: post #23

Can 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?

It’s a rich GUI for calling APIs, including rudimentary load testing.

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

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Post by leosanchez »

jmopp wrote: post #39
masa331 wrote: post #23

Can 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?

As someone who uses curl and postman regularly, both tools have their places: I've found curl most useful for quick ad-hoc requests, or if I need to figure out why my service is no longer working. Postman I've found most useful to create a library of requests that are available on-hand: If I need to call services but I don't want to have to remember what the exact URL is or what the exact payload is.

Have you tried hurl ? It's kind of a mix between curl and Postman

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

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Post by spiderfarmer »

sureglymop wrote: post #30
throwitaway222 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

It doesn’t require you to upgrade so I don’t see the “misleading” part.

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

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Post by DotaFan »

masa331 wrote: post #23

Can 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?

I really like to use Insomnia (Bruno alike) to import all project API's and debug API's over Insomnia. Does the job much faster for me.

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

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Post by imafish »

sureglymop wrote: post #30
throwitaway222 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Not misleading - you understood it.

Lifetime license does not necessarily equal lifetime updates. 2 years of updates is generous enough for $19.

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

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Post by 7moritz7 »

masa331 wrote: post #23

Can 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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