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a scripting language for making HTTP requests

Shown by max0563 on May 25, 2015. Click the card to turn it over.

44points

8comments

#658of 2,565 in 2015

Top 26%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical

1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score -0.41.

Idea: 1 for, 7 against

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Likes DSLs and the idea and execution
From 1 comment
- I like DSLs. Good work. Of course, there will be a lot of things to improve, but kudos on the idea and the execution.
  santiagobasulto on HN

Requests or curl already make this simple
From 3 comments
- I thought the same thing. The README says: > I find the process to be stupidly complicated, and handling cookies is a nightmare. However this is about as straightforward as it…
  JimDabell on HN
- Not to mention curl is also already very simple.
  harel on HN
- Just a side note, you pushed pyc files into the repo. .gitignore would be useful there. Otherwise, I don't really see what's wrong or "hard" with requests and how is that better,…
  harel on HN
No clear improvement over HTTPie
From 2 comments
- I don't see the improvement over something like HTTPie (https://github.com/jakubroztocil/httpie).
  joined on HN
- Or https://github.com/jakubroztocil/httpie.
  lgas on HN
Committed pyc files to the repo; needs .gitignore
From 1 comment
- Just a side note, you pushed pyc files into the repo. .gitignore would be useful there. Otherwise, I don't really see what's wrong or "hard" with requests and how is that better,…
  harel on HN
Writing plain HTTP is undesirable
From 1 comment
- Besides that, I feel like I'm writing plain HTTP, which is something I really don't want to do or have to think about.
  daenney on HN

What is wrong or hard with requests, and how is this better?
From 1 comment
- Just a side note, you pushed pyc files into the repo. .gitignore would be useful there. Otherwise, I don't really see what's wrong or "hard" with requests and how is that better,…
  harel on HN

HTTPie
From 2 comments
- I don't see the improvement over something like HTTPie (https://github.com/jakubroztocil/httpie).
  joined on HN
- Or https://github.com/jakubroztocil/httpie.
  lgas on HN
Requests (Python)
From 1 comment
- I thought the same thing. The README says: > I find the process to be stupidly complicated, and handling cookies is a nightmare. However this is about as straightforward as it…
  JimDabell on HN
curl
From 1 comment
- Not to mention curl is also already very simple.
  harel on HN
RoboBrowser
From 1 comment
- OP, have you looked into Robo Browser? I think it does same thing as your project https://github.com/jmcarp/robobrowser
  avinassh on HN