[NFBCS] Accessible API Tester like Postman

[Chris Nestrud]

I haven't used Insomnia enough to come across that problem. I found out about
it recently and I'm planning to use it in the next few months. Until now
I've mostly just used curl or written tests in Python.

Chris

On Sat, Nov 02, 2019 at 09:44:21AM -0700, Timothy Breitenfeldt via NFBCS wrote:
> Hi Chris, I appreciate the suggestion. I actually just tried Insomnia,
> and found it to be mostly accessible, but I was struggling adding
> arguments to my request. Everything else seemed to work well enough. I
> tried using jaws and NVDA, but once I click on the query tab, and the
> name and value edit boxes pop up, I can't add aditional arguments.
> Under the initial name and value edit boxes it gives me is a couple of
> unlabeled buttons , when  I click the first one it seems like it adds
> new boxes for more arguments, but when I tab or arrow down, I am not
> sure if my cursor starts jumping or if boxes are unlabeled because it
> starts talking about some filter. When I navigate by e though, it
> looks like there are new boxes, when I press enter though I have the
> same problem as tabbing and arrowing to the boxes.
> 
> Are you having this problem?
> 
> This is very frustrating to not have a decent API tester, I am about
> ready to just create my own tool.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> TJ Breitenfeldt
> 
> On 11/2/19, Chris Nestrud via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > Take a look at Insomnia, https://insomnia.rest.
> >
> > Only issue that I have is that it doesn't support the equivalent of curl's
> > --resolve
> > option.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 01, 2019 at 03:13:57PM -0700, Timothy Breitenfeldt via NFBCS
> > wrote:
> >> Hi, I am looking for an accessible API tester like Postman. I am a web
> >> developer and frequently struggle with how to test my own APIs. I
> >> usually right my own tests, but it is time consuming, and there are
> >> already tools that are designed for this purpose. Postman is great
> >> from what I have heard, but it is not accessible. There is an issue
> >> that has been put in for improving the accessibility of Postman on
> >> Github, but the developers are slow to respond and we haven't seen
> >> anything yet.
> >>
> >> The issue is here:
> >>
> >> https://github.com/postmanlabs/postman-app-support/issues/3121
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any suggestions for other API testers I can use? It
> >> shouldn't matter, but right now I am using java with Spring Boot to
> >> build my APIs.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> TJ Breitenfeldt
> >> --
> >>
> >> Timothy Breitenfeldt
> >>
> >> Phone: 509-388-7262
> >>
> >> Skype: timothyjb310 at outlook.com
> >>
> >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothybreitenfeldt/
> >>
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> 
> -- 
> 
> Timothy Breitenfeldt
> 
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