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by felipebueno 3379 days ago
Slightly off-topic:

On my current job we use the Postman Chrome app to test out apis. I'm looking for a FOSS command-line alternative to it because it's very slow on my laptop (Linux, Celeron, HDD, 4GB RAM) and the UI makes no sense to me.

I know I could just use cURL (which I do) and/or HTTPie but it would be nice to have options.

Is there any alternative that would suit my needs?
1 comments
czardoz 3379 days ago
We have a CLI for Postman: https://github.com/postmanlabs/newman

But it's currently geared towards running collections created in the Postman App (i.e, it's not for one-off requests like cURL is).

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felipebueno 3379 days ago
Hey, that looks useful! I'll take a look at it later. Thanks! :)

Oh, btw: I read my comment again right now and it sounds a little bit arrogant. I'm sorry about that... By saying it's slow and that I don't like the UI, I mean no offense to you guys.

Actually, I think Postman is a very useful tool and my co-workers seem to love it. I's just not for me and my crappy laptop hahah.

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