I created Postwoman
Dev tools
api client
SHOW HN2019
280points
100comments
#115of 2,195 in 2019
Top 6%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
2 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 15 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score -0.40.
Idea: 2 for, 5 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 4 againstPerformance: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Lightweight alternative to Postman for quick requests
From 2 comments
That's a neat side project, and I like the idea of having a quick website I can go for testing quick requests rather than having to open a full-fledged app.
whoisthemachine on HNthis is pretty cool! I've needed a tool like this all week to mess with the GitHub API
RyJones on HN
Objections
Browser CORS restrictions limit which APIs it can call
From 3 comments
Don't CORS restrictions basically render this whole tool useless?
dalbotex on HNIt indeed seems to be totally broken.
Vogtinator on HNI use Postman a fair bit, and looking through my history it's mostly playing with 3rd party APIs to see what format they return and how they respond to query params and such. So…
losvedir on HN
Installing a browser extension from an unverified site is a security concern
From 1 comment
Navigating to the site[1] and asking me to install it on my Chrome browser without providing any relevant information is a big security no-no. I think the developer should have…
AngeloAnolin on HN
Name too similar to Postman, a possible trademark issue
From 2 comments
Is this affiliated with Postman? It seems disingenuous to reuse their name if not.
oauea on HNHere is the definition of trademark infringement directly from USPTO [1]: "Trademark infringement is the unauthorized use of a trademark or service mark on or in connection with…
abtinf on HN
Runs in browser so it is a privacy risk for auth tokens
From 2 comments
Don't forget to paste your auth tokens into a random website today.
beardedwizard on HNIs it any safer than pasting your auth tokens into a standalone application like Postman? That can just as easily send that information somewhere else, but now you can't press…
vinylkey on HN
Requests
Support for file uploads in requests
From 1 comment
Opening the link I was hoping that this would be a postman with better support for file uploads. I have a long lived desired to be able to have postman request which embeds a…
tumetab1 on HN
Collapsible JSON response objects
From 1 comment
I really like how insomnia / postman let you collapse objects. It helps keep everything neat when poking around the data returned. I didnt see the ability to do this with postwoman
s09dfhks on HN
GraphQL support
From 1 comment
Paw is fantastic- just missing GraphQL support to be even more fantastic.
OutsmartDan on HN
Questions
Does it work around CORS restrictions
From 2 comments
Don't CORS restrictions basically render this whole tool useless?
dalbotex on HNI suppose it's useful for APIs with permissive CORS headers. Maybe there's also some way to run it locally as a separate app with SOP disabled? Maybe something like: ``` $…
lol768 on HN
Alternatives named
Insomnia
From 2 comments
I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned Insomnia. https://insomnia.rest/ It's an excellent tool that allows defining workspaces and even sharing sets of routes with members of…
peteforde on HNAfter Postman lost all my saved queries after an upgrade I switched to Insomnia - https://insomnia.rest/ and am quite happy with it.
leandot on HN
Paw
From 2 comments
I'm just a user of this, but if anyone is looking for a truly native MacOS version of Postman, you should take a look at Paw. https://paw.cloud/
oakesm9 on HNPaw is the gold standard for these kinds of utilities. If you're still using something else, you're missing out.
fredsted on HN
IntelliJ HTTP Client
From 1 comment
Since it was added, my favourite way to do API requests is IntelliJ Http client https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/http-client-in-product-code-editor.html You just write the…
duiker101 on HN
VS Code REST Client
From 2 comments
I'm pretty happy with the features of the vscode-restclient called VS Code extension. https://github.com/Huachao/vscode-restclient
maxelerator on HNWorking on integrating other companies APIs and find declarative approach easier like VSCode has this extension where you could write all API calls in code.…
riston on HN
httpie
From 1 comment
It seems the user created this because they thought that Postman required too many resources as an Electron app. I'm not sure why they didn't just use a commandline tool (e.g.…
jamessb on HN