Shripi as a Postman Alternative

Postman is for building APIs. Shripi is for capturing them.

Postman is an excellent API platform. It's designed for building, testing, and documenting APIs that you own — you construct requests manually, add tests, organize them into collections, and collaborate with your team.

Shripi solves a different problem: you want to capture what your browser is already doing and turn it into code. You don't want to build the request from scratch — you want to click through the UI once and have Shripi hand you the exact request in runnable form.

The workflow Shripi replaces

Before Shripi, the common workflow for getting a browser request into Postman was:

1. Open DevTools → Network tab
2. Perform the action that triggers the request
3. Find the request, right-click → "Copy as cURL"
4. Open Postman → Import → Paste raw text
5. Manually fix up headers, remove browser noise
6. Manually redact or rotate secrets before sharing

With Shripi:

1. Click Start Capture, perform the action
2. Click the request → "Copy as Postman collection" (or export as HAR and import)

What Shripi exports that works in Postman

• Postman collection v2.1 — Import directly into Postman as a fully-formed collection. All requests, headers, bodies, and cookies are structured correctly.
• HAR 1.2 — Import into Postman via File → Import → HAR to get a collection from your full session.
• cURL — Paste directly into Postman's import dialog.

Feature comparison

Feature	Shripi	Postman
Capture browser requests	✓ Automatic	Manual setup
Export as Postman collection	✓ (Pro)	Native format
Automatic secret redaction	✓	—
No app install required	✓ Chrome extension	Requires desktop app
Works on localhost / internal URLs	✓	✓
API testing / collections	—	✓ Excellent
Team collaboration	—	✓
Pricing	Free + $19 one-time	Free + subscription

When to use Shripi vs Postman

Use Shripi when you want to capture requests that are already happening in your browser and export them — especially when you need clean, redacted output without manually stripping secrets.

Use Postman when you want to build, test, and document APIs with a full API client platform.

Use both: capture with Shripi, import into Postman for organized testing. Shripi's Postman collection and HAR exports are designed to make this handoff seamless.