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postman, another shit product.

ejb999 4y ago
I actually find postman quite useful for the work I do (heavily api-related) - if you work in that space, what other tools would you recommend instead?
- rukshn 4y ago
  I use https://hoppscotch.io/ https://hoppscotch.io/ as a replacement for postman And also ThundeClient a VS Code extension when using VS code.
- philliphaydon 4y ago
  I use insomnia after the stunt postman pulled with pricing.
  - pxc 4y ago
    Insomnia seems like a good replacement for web devs who don't want to rely on proprietary tools as part of their core workflow, as well. I like HTTPie and HTTPie/http-prompt, too, although I wish they had more secure storage for cookies.
- XorNot 4y ago
  Honestly? Jupyterlab with python and requests. It'll do more, with richer libraries, and an obvious path towards automation into CI/CD.
- kimburgess 4y ago
  IMO Postman is a good tool. On alternatives though, https://httpie.io/ https://httpie.io/ is pretty nice too.
- porker 4y ago
  The problem I've had with Postman is the sharing between team members. Everyone needs to add new requests, edit (locally) but sometimes sav the edits back to the collection. Someone has to modify the auth script and have it update for everyone. I thought this is what the tool is designed for, but it's been a nightmare. Team members have to wipe their environment and start again regularly. I want to think that we've completely mucked up using it but I'm not sure it's us and not the tool.
- ben7799 4y ago
  I use Postman all the time for work and it is definitely useful. But it seems to be getting worse not better as they tack on more features and make it more complicated. It seems like it's been years since they added anything I need and instead it has just gotten harder to use due to extra fluff. And it's buggier than it's ever been.
  - bydlocoder 4y ago
    Apparently, they decided that selling merch is more important than implementing gRPC support.
- systematical 4y ago
  I do work in that space. I build APIs and I use them. I built a springdoc for php so I know a bit about what I am talking about: https://github.com/cnizzardini/cakephp-swagger-bake https://github.com/cnizzardini/cakephp-swagger-bake The Postman UX is not good on it. It's easy to get lost in tabs, they should ditch the tabs and categorize requests under the actual endpoint. There is also no way to easily save like requests and give them better names that is also searchable. It's also built on electron which means its slow and clunky. There is nothing good in this space. Swagger would do it if they let you save requests to local browser storage and just added a history dropdown to the endpoints. I use swagger and save common requests to a file system and open them in sublime. if its just JSON payloads I am working with it does the job.

I actually find postman quite useful for the work I do (heavily api-related) - if you work in that space, what other tools would you recommend instead?

rukshn 4y ago
I use https://hoppscotch.io/ https://hoppscotch.io/ as a replacement for postman And also ThundeClient a VS Code extension when using VS code.
philliphaydon 4y ago
I use insomnia after the stunt postman pulled with pricing.
- pxc 4y ago
  Insomnia seems like a good replacement for web devs who don't want to rely on proprietary tools as part of their core workflow, as well. I like HTTPie and HTTPie/http-prompt, too, although I wish they had more secure storage for cookies.
XorNot 4y ago
Honestly? Jupyterlab with python and requests. It'll do more, with richer libraries, and an obvious path towards automation into CI/CD.
kimburgess 4y ago
IMO Postman is a good tool. On alternatives though, https://httpie.io/ https://httpie.io/ is pretty nice too.
porker 4y ago
The problem I've had with Postman is the sharing between team members. Everyone needs to add new requests, edit (locally) but sometimes sav the edits back to the collection. Someone has to modify the auth script and have it update for everyone. I thought this is what the tool is designed for, but it's been a nightmare. Team members have to wipe their environment and start again regularly. I want to think that we've completely mucked up using it but I'm not sure it's us and not the tool.
ben7799 4y ago
I use Postman all the time for work and it is definitely useful. But it seems to be getting worse not better as they tack on more features and make it more complicated. It seems like it's been years since they added anything I need and instead it has just gotten harder to use due to extra fluff. And it's buggier than it's ever been.
- bydlocoder 4y ago
  Apparently, they decided that selling merch is more important than implementing gRPC support.
systematical 4y ago
I do work in that space. I build APIs and I use them. I built a springdoc for php so I know a bit about what I am talking about: https://github.com/cnizzardini/cakephp-swagger-bake https://github.com/cnizzardini/cakephp-swagger-bake The Postman UX is not good on it. It's easy to get lost in tabs, they should ditch the tabs and categorize requests under the actual endpoint. There is also no way to easily save like requests and give them better names that is also searchable. It's also built on electron which means its slow and clunky. There is nothing good in this space. Swagger would do it if they let you save requests to local browser storage and just added a history dropdown to the endpoints. I use swagger and save common requests to a file system and open them in sublime. if its just JSON payloads I am working with it does the job.