Postman
Erpag
Feb 4, 2019
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CommentsWhat is Postman?
It is the only complete API development environment, used by nearly five million developers and more than 100,000 companies worldwide.
Postman is a tool in the API Tools category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Compact layoutHTTP requests with file upload supportFormatted API responses for JSON and XMLImage previewsRequest historyBasic Auth, OAuth 1.0, OAuth 2.0, and other common auth helpersAutocomplete for URL and header valuesKey/value editors for adding parameters or header values. Works for URL parameters too.Use environment variables to easily shift between settings. Great for testing production, staging or local setups.Keyboard shortcuts to maximize your productivityAutomatically generated web documentationMock servers hosted on Postman’s cloudAPI monitoring run from Postman cloud
Postman Pros & Cons
Pros of Postman
- ✓Easy to use
- ✓Great tool
- ✓Makes developing rest api's easy peasy
- ✓Easy setup, looks good
- ✓The best api workflow out there
- ✓History feature
- ✓It's the best
- ✓Adds real value to my workflow
- ✓Great interface that magically predicts your needs
- ✓The best in class app
Cons of Postman
- ✗Stores credentials in HTTP
- ✗Bloated features and UI
- ✗Cumbersome to switch authentication tokens
- ✗Poor GraphQL support
- ✗Expensive
- ✗Can't prompt for per-request variables
- ✗Not free after 5 users
- ✗Import curl
- ✗Import swagger
- ✗Support websocket
Postman Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Postman?
Swagger UI
Swagger UI is a dependency-free collection of HTML, Javascript, and CSS assets that dynamically generate beautiful documentation and sandbox from a Swagger-compliant API
Insomnia REST Client
Insomnia is a powerful REST API Client with cookie management, environment variables, code generation, and authentication for Mac, Window, and Linux.
jsdoc
JSDoc 3 is an API documentation generator for JavaScript, similar to JavaDoc or PHPDoc. You add documentation comments directly to your source code, right along side the code itself. The JSDoc Tool will scan your source code, and generate a complete HTML documentation website for you.
