https://4ndrs.xyz/series/api-clients/Recent content in API Clients on 4ndrs.xyzHugo -- gohugo.ioenThu, 19 Oct 2023 10:58:57 +0200https://4ndrs.xyz/posts/insomnia-8-3/Thu, 19 Oct 2023 10:58:57 +0200https://4ndrs.xyz/posts/insomnia-8-3/Kong just released a new version of Insomnia: Version 8.3.0 is a huge step back towards where Insomnia originally came from. This may sound a bit weird at first, but it actually is good news. As Marco Palladino, CTO and co-founder of Kong, admitted in a recent blog post, going all for cloud sync was a mistake: We’re going to continue to work to make this right for the Insomnia community.https://4ndrs.xyz/posts/web-api-clients-whats-next/Sun, 15 Oct 2023 18:03:02 +0200https://4ndrs.xyz/posts/web-api-clients-whats-next/Pretty much exactly two weeks ago, I took a look at different options out there in the wild to find an alternative to Postman and Insomnia after both went straight towards cloud sync and mandatory accounts. What I found back then caused a bit mixed feelings since there were several promising candidates but it was really hard or even impossible for me to identity one that fully satisfies all my needs and requirements.https://4ndrs.xyz/posts/web-api-clients/Sun, 01 Oct 2023 09:17:02 +0200https://4ndrs.xyz/posts/web-api-clients/Back in May, Postman announced a potentially ground-breaking change: Scratch Pad will be removed in favor of a "lightweight API client". Until then, Postman seemed to be the de-facto standard for API testing but with the announced change that basically comes with the requirement to have a Postman account and to sync all data to the cloud, many people started to look for alternatives. For that very reason, ThoughtWorks recommended Insomnia in their latest issue of the Technology Radar around two weeks after Postman finally removed Scratch Pad and essentially mandated cloud sync.