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> Any alternatives that I can migrate to? If it works for your use case: writing integration tests. I used Postman in the past but I never really got the poin
by iLoveOncall 3y ago
> Any alternatives that I can migrate to?
If it works for your use case: writing integration tests.
I used Postman in the past but I never really got the point of "storing" queries beyond the history.
I think if you have that need it means it's time to write a frontend to call your endpoints, or use integration tests.
- kstrauser 3y agoI’ve used alternatives to explore under-documented APIs interactively and suss out their behavior. Then I could use the app’s codegen to turn the query I’d manually crafted into my chosen language’s code. You can do all that directly in the language, of course, but by the time you go through the trouble of pretty printing the output, parametrizing the input, etc, you’ve reimplemented a less ergonomic version of Postman-and-similar. (Not saying you’re wrong for doing it your way, but explaining why others might choose a different approach.)
- iLoveOncall 3y agoYes it's definitely not ideal for all situations, this is more for when you own the API.