Now you have syntax highlighting and JSON parsing. Total install size: ~10MB. Total startup time: instant. Total RAM usage: negligible. Total feelings of superiority: immeasurable.
As someone who often does curl API requests and also come up to idea of putting them in jq — I felt superior just by reading this, thank you
I usually plop the response in a file and nvim that. Or write “3 lines of python” if I need anything more complex.
EDIT:
Never tried jq but read up on it a little, seems hella powerfull. Also, in my workplace postman is the default tool, which I find infuriaring as hell.
As someone who often does curl API requests and also come up to idea of putting them in jq — I felt superior just by reading this, thank you
curl | jqis like the web equivalent ofcat | grepBut that’s a useless use of
cat.I usually plop the response in a file and nvim that. Or write “3 lines of python” if I need anything more complex.
EDIT:
Never tried
jqbut read up on it a little, seems hella powerfull. Also, in my workplace postman is the default tool, which I find infuriaring as hell.