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Postman vs RestSharp: What are the differences?

Introduction

In this Markdown code, we will provide the key differences between Postman and RestSharp. Postman and RestSharp are both tools used for making API calls and testing RESTful APIs. However, they have several differences which are explained below.

  1. Ease of Use: Postman provides an intuitive and user-friendly graphical interface that allows users to easily create and manage requests, organize them into collections, and run tests. On the other hand, RestSharp is a lightweight and straightforward library that requires coding and provides a programmatic way to interact with APIs using C#.

  2. Authentication Support: Postman offers built-in support for various authentication mechanisms like Basic Authentication, OAuth 1.0 and 2.0, and Bearer Token authentication. It simplifies the process of configuring and managing authentication parameters. RestSharp, on the other hand, requires manual coding to include authentication headers and parameters in the request.

  3. Request Customization: Postman allows users to customize headers, query parameters, and request bodies easily through its graphical interface. It provides a range of options to set request parameters with just a few clicks. RestSharp provides more granular control over request customization, allowing users to specify headers, query parameters, and request bodies programmatically.

  4. Test Automation: Postman provides a powerful test automation feature that allows users to write tests using JavaScript. These tests can be executed and validated automatically, providing a convenient way to ensure API responses meet the expected criteria. RestSharp does not provide an in-built testing framework, and users need to leverage external testing frameworks like NUnit or xUnit to automate tests.

  5. Response Handling: Postman offers a comprehensive response viewer that displays the complete response in a nicely formatted manner. It allows users to explore the response body, headers, cookies, and status codes easily. RestSharp provides a more low-level response handling approach, where users need to parse and extract the required information manually from the response object.

  6. Platform Compatibility: Postman is a cross-platform tool that supports Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems. It also provides a web version that can be accessed from any modern web browser. RestSharp, being a C# library, is primarily intended for Windows development but can be used with compatible frameworks like .NET Core for cross-platform development.

In summary, Postman offers a user-friendly GUI, built-in authentication support, easy request customization, powerful test automation, comprehensive response handling, and cross-platform compatibility. On the other hand, RestSharp provides a lightweight, programmatic approach with more control over request customization, but lacks built-in testing capabilities and platform compatibility.

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Pros of Postman
Pros of RestSharp
  • 490
    Easy to use
  • 369
    Great tool
  • 276
    Makes developing rest api's easy peasy
  • 156
    Easy setup, looks good
  • 144
    The best api workflow out there
  • 53
    It's the best
  • 53
    History feature
  • 44
    Adds real value to my workflow
  • 43
    Great interface that magically predicts your needs
  • 35
    The best in class app
  • 12
    Can save and share script
  • 10
    Fully featured without looking cluttered
  • 8
    Collections
  • 8
    Option to run scrips
  • 8
    Global/Environment Variables
  • 7
    Shareable Collections
  • 7
    Dead simple and useful. Excellent
  • 7
    Dark theme easy on the eyes
  • 6
    Awesome customer support
  • 6
    Great integration with newman
  • 5
    Documentation
  • 5
    Simple
  • 5
    The test script is useful
  • 4
    Saves responses
  • 4
    This has simplified my testing significantly
  • 4
    Makes testing API's as easy as 1,2,3
  • 4
    Easy as pie
  • 3
    API-network
  • 3
    I'd recommend it to everyone who works with apis
  • 3
    Mocking API calls with predefined response
  • 2
    Now supports GraphQL
  • 2
    Postman Runner CI Integration
  • 2
    Easy to setup, test and provides test storage
  • 2
    Continuous integration using newman
  • 2
    Pre-request Script and Test attributes are invaluable
  • 2
    Runner
  • 2
    Graph
  • 1
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    Cons of Postman
    Cons of RestSharp
    • 10
      Stores credentials in HTTP
    • 9
      Bloated features and UI
    • 8
      Cumbersome to switch authentication tokens
    • 7
      Poor GraphQL support
    • 5
      Expensive
    • 3
      Not free after 5 users
    • 3
      Can't prompt for per-request variables
    • 1
      Import swagger
    • 1
      Support websocket
    • 1
      Import curl
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      What is Postman?

      It is the only complete API development environment, used by nearly five million developers and more than 100,000 companies worldwide.

      What is RestSharp?

      It is probably the most popular HTTP client library for .NET. Featuring automatic serialization and deserialization, request and response type detection, variety of authentications and other useful features

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