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Sorry, but with that attitude, why use curl, and not just netcat or socat? Or just write bash scripts manipulating sockets directly? I think you underestimate
by koffiezet 5y ago
Sorry, but with that attitude, why use curl, and not just netcat or socat? Or just write bash scripts manipulating sockets directly?
I think you underestimate a bit what postman can do. Just a few things: import openapi specs and do pretty complex requests with a few mouse-clicks, supports various auth mechanisms (oauth/jwt/...), allows for some scripting, run mock versions of an API spec, generate request code for various languages and frameworks, and yes, copy a request you created with point&click as a cli curl command.
On top of that, you can easily save and share this in teams.
- the_gipsy 5y agoYou're proving the point, nobody would pay a monthly subscription to use curl over netcat.
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- sxg 5y agoAre you sure? Or do people just not have the opportunity to pay for curl?
- kajaktum 5y agoIts not obvious that CURL would be as popular as it is if it started with a pay to use model. Maybe it never got the attention it has and never got popular?
- the_gipsy 5y agoYes, people would just script netstat. I mean the argument is getting ridiculous, as another sibling points out, cURL would be nowhere today if it wasn't FOSS.
- matt_heimer 5y agoIf you want the opportunity you can go to https://curl.se/donation.html https://curl.se/donation.html