# Postman Was Great… Until I Tried This

## Метаданные

- **Канал:** Lama Dev
- **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MimFVcTQOB8
- **Источник:** https://ekstraktznaniy.ru/video/37826

## Транскрипт

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If you’re a developer or tester, you are probably working with API’s. Depending on your project, you might have to deal with tons of different API routes. And since each route requires different methods and header rules, it becomes hard to test them in the console. That’s why most developers use an API client. There are many options out there, but the most popular one is Postman. It was developers’ favorite API client for years, but they started adding too many features, which made it slow and bloated. It takes a long time to open, and it consumes a lot of resources. And it gets worse as you add more requests and collections. Speaking of collections: When you open the application, this screen shows up. And you can’t add or save collections and variables without creating a cloud account. And I know, many people don’t want to share their projects and secret API keys on a cloud platform. If you choose the lightweight version, you can just send a request and see the response. That’s all. Postman is still a great tool, and I’ll keep using it for advanced projects that need its unique features. But most of the time, I just need something simpler. I tried some other alternatives, but they either don’t have a good user interface or they’re too basic to handle larger projects. I tried some VS Code extensions, but again, they ended up making things complicated. So recently, I switched to Requestly. It’s for free and open-source. And it doesn’t force you to create a cloud account. If you watched my previous tutorial, you saw me using Requestly to test the endpoints of my e-commerce application. And it worked seamlessly. It’s really lightweight, it consumes fewer resources, and lets you quickly start creating your workspace, collections, variables, and API requests. All of them and your history is stored locally. If you already have a Postman or Bruno project, you can easily import them with just one click. And the best thing is, you can install its browser extension, and start testing your APIs right inside your browser. You can also manage your API requests easily using this extension. So let’s take a look at our API client with an example and explore some useful shortcuts.