My thoughts, opinions, Brainstroms & some Tutorials
Goodbye Postman?đź‘‹ CLI Tools That Will Change Your API Testing Forever
You know how we developers spend a lot of time working with APIs, right? While tools like Postman are great, sometimes they can feel a bit heavy-handed - you have to launch the app, navigate through the UI, and deal with occasional crashes or sync issues. Not to mention those times when you’re SSH’d into a server and need to quickly test an endpoint! This is where command-line tools like curl(short for “Client URL”) and jq come in as your trusty sidekicks! 🦸‍♂️ Think of curl as your Swiss Army knife for making HTTP requests - it’s always there in your terminal, ready to help. And jq ? It’s like having a magic wand ✨ that turns messy JSON responses into beautifully formatted, readable data that you can actually work with. ...