Posting: An Alternative to Postman in the Terminal

Posting is a command line tool for making HTTP requests, being a lightweight alternative to Postman. It allows you to send requests intuitively, without the need for a graphical interface, making it ideal for developers who prefer to work directly in the terminal.

Installation

Installing Posting is simple and can be done on different operating systems:

Windows

Make sure you have Python 3 installed. In the terminal (cmd or PowerShell), run:

pip install posting

macOS

Install with Homebrew:

brew install posting

Ubuntu

Install with the pip manager:

pip install posting

Confirm the installation:

In the operating system that you installed

posting --help

Usage Example

After installation, Posting can be used to quickly make HTTP requests.

Making a GET request

posting get https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1

Sending a POST request with JSON

posting post https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts -d '{"title": "foo", "body": "bar", "userId": 1}' -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Adding custom headers

posting get https://api.example.com/data -H "Authorization: Bearer SEU_TOKEN"

Posting is an efficient tool for making HTTP requests directly from the terminal, dispensing with heavy graphical interfaces.

For more information, visit the official repository

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