The default API tooling that comes to your mind is Postman.
Postman is cloud based - the other offline alternatives are on their way to enshittification.
Is there any solution to the problem or we should all default to curl.
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This technically breaks Rule 3, since it doesn’t cover a self-hosted service or application. However, “local over cloud” is always welcome here. So, leaving this post up, but locking to encourage discussion in the proper communities.
No, the default API tooling that comes to my mind is curl.
Obligatory: https://justuse.org/curl/
I’ve used Postman et al. but I often default to PowerShell (because Windows) and a text file. It gives me everything I need from Postman without having to install or learn new tools.
Curl is nice but I miss the object orientation in my shell when I use *sh.
It’s been downloaded over 20 billion times. It supports 25+ protocols. It’s in cars, refrigerators, TV sets, routers, printers, phones, and every goddamn server on the planet.
Everything except my random podman container I need to test something on, but for some reason will have wget lmao.
Also a good time to mention you can use
Ctrl+x Ctrl+eto edit your multi line commands in your default terminal editor so you can keep a clean, line separated command which is easy to read and follow.But then how did Postman became so popular - we can’t deny it became the default.
