The latest articles on DEV Community by Shiv (@shivkanthb). https://dev.to/shivkanthb https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F56555%2Fc4d9c960-9e4c-4cc8-99fb-a71c018c755c.jpg https://dev.to/shivkanthb en Shiv Tue, 09 Jul 2019 22:09:13 +0000 https://dev.to/shivkanthb/supercharge-api-interactions-with-curlx-kfk https://dev.to/shivkanthb/supercharge-api-interactions-with-curlx-kfk <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--WFpcrIqf--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/po95xupaqswult4ujqyy.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--WFpcrIqf--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/po95xupaqswult4ujqyy.png" alt=""></a></p> <p>I've really like the features GUI http clients (eg - Postman) offer such as history, collections, ability to share requests etc but I personally prefer using standard cURL for speed and ease of use.</p> <p>I built <a href="https://curlx.dev">curlx</a> to bring the best of both worlds. In addition you also get a rich formatted output along with response headers. </p> <p>Under the hood, its just a curl command, so if you are already know how to use curl, replace <code>curl</code> with <code>cx</code> or <code>curlx</code> and that's it. </p> <h3> Notable features: </h3> <ul> <li>History:</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--yKBBboaP--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/z7s6k0h4ac10qwg7x421.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--yKBBboaP--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/z7s6k0h4ac10qwg7x421.png" alt=""></a></p> <p>Every request you make is logged with a unique id for quickly executing it in future. Run requests faster without having to type in the entire request again.</p> <ul> <li>Collections:</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--yoqwwr0k--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://curlx.dev/Collection.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--yoqwwr0k--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://curlx.dev/Collection.png" alt=""></a></p> <p>Just like in Postman, organize your requests into groups/collections helping you to discover or re-run frequent requests faster.</p> <ul> <li>Sharing:</li> </ul> <p>Share your requests and collections with your teammates easily. The cxdb folder on the root directory contains the history and collection json files (export ready).</p> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--eymr3quB--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/7wz8obp082j03xr160tv.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--eymr3quB--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/7wz8obp082j03xr160tv.png" alt=""></a></p> <p>It's open source so feel free to check it out, report bugs, add features etc. Would love to get your feedback!<br> Github - <a href="https://github.com/shivkanthb/curlx">https://github.com/shivkanthb/curlx</a></p> <p>Connect with my on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/shivkanthb">@shivkanthb</a></p> showdev node cli