Hurl

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http client

SHOW HN2021

32points
11comments
#1,114of 2,533 in 2021
Top 44%of 2021 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

3 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.

Idea: 3 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful and handy, reminiscent of hurl.it

    From 1 comment
    • I love it reminds of hurl.it - pretty sure it’s not online anymore due to abuse, but very handy.
      taf2 on HN
  • Looks really great and plaintext definitions are appealing

    From 1 comment
    • This looks really great. I like that everything is defined in plaintext, but is there a way to link in other files? It might help clear up some clutter for large payloads.…
      miccah on HN

Objections

  • Sample examples were hard to run successfully

    From 1 comment
    • I suggest adding an interactive mode! Aside: I tried to go through the samples and was having trouble running them successfully.
      bhargav on HN
  • Typo in documentation menu bar

    From 1 comment
    • Typo on the menu bar: “Man Page” instead of “Main Page”
      hstan4 on HN

Requests

  • Interactive mode

    From 2 comments
    • I suggest adding an interactive mode! Aside: I tried to go through the samples and was having trouble running them successfully.
      bhargav on HN
    • We are planning the possibility to stop between requests with an inspection mode. We would also love an ncurse interface, like mitmproxy.
      fabricereix on HN
  • Link in other files or external file bodies

    From 1 comment
    • This looks really great. I like that everything is defined in plaintext, but is there a way to link in other files? It might help clear up some clutter for large payloads.…
      miccah on HN
  • Environment variable support for secrets

    From 1 comment
    • This looks really great. I like that everything is defined in plaintext, but is there a way to link in other files? It might help clear up some clutter for large payloads.…
      miccah on HN
  • ncurses interface like mitmproxy

    From 1 comment
    • We are planning the possibility to stop between requests with an inspection mode. We would also love an ncurse interface, like mitmproxy.
      fabricereix on HN

Questions

  • Is there a way to include other files?

    From 1 comment
    • This looks really great. I like that everything is defined in plaintext, but is there a way to link in other files? It might help clear up some clutter for large payloads.…
      miccah on HN

Alternatives named

  • repost, a Rust HTTP tool for interactive use

    From 1 comment
    • This looks really great. I like that everything is defined in plaintext, but is there a way to link in other files? It might help clear up some clutter for large payloads.…
      miccah on HN
  • hurl.it

    From 1 comment
    • I love it reminds of hurl.it - pretty sure it’s not online anymore due to abuse, but very handy.
      taf2 on HN

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