dhruv3006@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · edit-213 hours agoWhen your API client is just Excel with a ‘Send Request’ buttonlemmy.worldimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down118
arrow-up1124arrow-down1imageWhen your API client is just Excel with a ‘Send Request’ buttonlemmy.worlddhruv3006@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · edit-213 hours agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squaretrxxruraxvr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down1·13 hours agoIf you have decent documentation you shouldn’t need an api client. https://justuse.org/curl/
minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 hours agoI occasionally use curl, and it’s annoying when you have secrets that need to rotate regularly or you need to change the middle of a URL. Also: Fuck quoting in the shell.
minus-squareRustyNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·12 hours agoMy evangelism has worked evil laughter
minus-squaredhruv3006@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·13 hours agoWell having decent documentation is kind of rare.
minus-squaretrxxruraxvr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours agoBut is providing a special client for your api really less work than fixing your documentation?
If you have decent documentation you shouldn’t need an api client. https://justuse.org/curl/
I occasionally use curl, and it’s annoying when you have secrets that need to rotate regularly or you need to change the middle of a URL. Also: Fuck quoting in the shell.
My evangelism has worked evil laughter
Well having decent documentation is kind of rare.
But is providing a special client for your api really less work than fixing your documentation?