Acknowledgements
Big shout out to Dandre for putting me onto this.
Examples
#! /bin/bash
curl -X POST https://openapi.guidefari.dev.goosebumps.fm/spotify/playlist \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id": "1QWp1dZFkp1FR9e4w0THxW"}' | jq .
Testing input/output at a glance
So far, this is the main thing I’m using this workflow for. Rapid validation of input & output of endpoints as I develop.
Why not any of the GUI clients?
I also use
- Postman
- Insomnia
- Thunder client in VSC*de
⌘ + shift + R
Shortcomings of the GUI apps : GUI’s come with lots of noise, visual clutter, distractions, things that slow me down because I have to learn the tool. What happens when I spend a week or two mostly on client side work? I kind of forget how to quickly move around these tools.
- I don’t have that feeling with bash.
- I like the portability & version controlled nature of bash scripts
- It’s very quick for me to open my terminal and hop around to the correct window.
option + /takes me into the terminal.
What to learn next
I want to figure out how to do assertions and eventually, actual test runs.