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So I built a free online API builder with CORS support 🚀 (and why another Postman alternative)

TechBos😎 on August 28, 2019

TL;DR Use getd.io/ to test APIs with only your browser - No app or plug-in needed. Supports CORS requests too 🔥! Here is a screenshot f...
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welshcuriosity • Edited

I've just tried to use it, but have run into an error.

I haven't long signed up to GitHub and haven't yet completed all the bits of my profile (mainly the name field).

When I sign into getd.io I'm then getting the error:

Cannot return null for non-nullable field CurrentUser.displayName.

I'll update my GitHub profile shortly, but wanted to raise this in case you weren't aware.

(trying to include a screenshot but it's not working, so here's a link to it: thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i...)

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TechBos😎

Thank you for reporting! I will fix asap and let you know so you can try again.

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TechBos😎

Hey @welshcuriosity , I have deployed a fix. Please let me know if the issue is gone. Thanks for reporting!

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welshcuriosity

Sorry for the delay, been away for the weekend.

Just tested and it all looks good.

Cheers for getting it fixed so quickly.

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Iain Adams

When you say it has CORS support? You mean that somehow you have got the browser to ignore the CORS headers? I.e. if my server responded with a specific Access-Control-Allow-Origin header would it work?

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TechBos😎

Please see 'cloud mode' - basically it pipes your request to my backend server, which handles your request without CORS restriction, and then pipes response back to your browser.

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Iain Adams

Ah I understand now! Thanks for getting back to me.

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Mayuran

Can you make this mobile responsive. Willing to help if you need it.

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TechBos😎

Update: responsive mobile UI is live. Check it out and let me know if any feedbacks!

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TechBos😎

Yep. In my road map. Working on it. Thanks for the support!

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Ansh0390

Not able to access the application. It saying server down