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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>I use ThunderClient and their vscode extension. Their CLI is what I use most.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>It is supposed to be compatible with Postman scripts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Once you configure to save to workspace for thunder in the current project it will save it to a thunderclient folder.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>All your runs/scripts are there. You can specify iterations, variables, environments, output from one api call to another. Etc\u2026<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>It only costs $32/year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>I learned how to do it in the extension which was a pain. Then I use the cli from there. I even edit the files and add the variables/etc..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Scripts are easy to read. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>You can get my instructions I created for the nfbcs Dec 14<sup>th</sup> 2025 seminar. Did not get to present all, but you can find it here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><a href="https://nfbcs.lewislwood.com">https://nfbcs.lewislwood.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Select \u201cthunderclient\u201d from the combobox. The just cursor down or press \u201ch\u201d for heading. Readit. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Lewis Wood<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ryan Stevens via NFBCS<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 17, 2026 1:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Aaron Cannon' <cannona@fireantproductions.com>; 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Ryan Stevens <rysteve@comcast.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFBCS] Postman alternative<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Okay, I\u2019ll try it. Thanks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Aaron Cannon <<a href="mailto:cannona@fireantproductions.com">cannona@fireantproductions.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 17, 2026 2:14 PM<br><b>To:</b> NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <<a href="mailto:nfbcs@nfbnet.org">nfbcs@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Ryan Stevens <<a href="mailto:rysteve@comcast.net">rysteve@comcast.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFBCS] Postman alternative<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>No direct fixes for you, but I do believe that almost anything that can be done with Postman can also be done with curl at the commandline.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Good luck.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Aaron Cannon<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Feb 13, 2026 at 11:07 Ryan Stevens via NFBCS <<a href="mailto:nfbcs@nfbnet.org">nfbcs@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The phone system my company uses for our call centers has changed the way we can pull back-end data for custom reports. They are using Data Lakehouse to create Parquet files. However, their interface is difficult to work with, so they suggested using Postman for the data pull. Postman\u2019s accessibility turns out to be worse. Does anyone use a similar app that actually works? Any advice would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Ryan Stevens<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>NFBCS mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NFBCS@nfbnet.org" target="_blank">NFBCS@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbcs_nfbnet.org" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbcs_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBCS:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbcs_nfbnet.org/cannona%40fireantproductions.com" target="_blank">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbcs_nfbnet.org/cannona%40fireantproductions.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>