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Postman vs Insomnia comparison

Postman | API Development Environment https://www.getpostman.com
Insomnia REST Client - https://insomnia.rest/

Features	Insomnia	Postman	Notes
Create and send HTTP requests	x	x
Authorization header helpers	x	x	Can create "Authorization" header for you for different authentication schemes: Basic, Digest, OAuth, Bearer Token, HAWK, AWS

In the below keyboard shortcuts, I use the capital letters for reading clarity but this does not imply shift, if shift is needed, I will say shift. So ⌘ + D does not mean hold shift. ⌘ + Shift + D does of course.

Tabs and Windows

Function	Shortcut
New Tab	`⌘` + `T`
Close Tab or Window	`⌘` + `W` (same as many mac apps)
Go to Tab	`⌘` + `Number Key` (ie: `⌘2` is 2nd tab)
Go to Split Pane by Direction	`⌘` + `Option` + `Arrow Key`

PSQL

Magic words:

psql -U postgres

Some interesting flags (to see all, use -h or --help depending on your psql version):

-E: will describe the underlaying queries of the \ commands (cool for learning!)
-l: psql will list all databases and then exit (useful if the user you connect with doesn't has a default database, like at AWS RDS)

	from pprint import pformat
	from typing import Any

	from pygments import highlight
	from pygments.formatters import Terminal256Formatter
	from pygments.lexers import PythonLexer


	def pprint_color(obj: Any) -> None:
	"""Pretty-print in color."""

	# Terminal output control (http://www.termsys.demon.co.uk/vtansi.htm)

	TC='\e['

	CLR_LINE_START="${TC}1K"
	CLR_LINE_END="${TC}K"
	CLR_LINE="${TC}2K"

	# Hope no terminal is greater than 1k columns
	RESET_LINE="${CLR_LINE}${TC}1000D"