node.js ko
postcatcher
postcatcher
by 3node
PostCatcher lets you debug webhooks by capturing and logging the asynchronous requests made when events happen. Create a PostCatcher and register the URL with a webhook triggerer. All POST requests to the URL are logged for you to see when you browse to that URL.
Judging Instructions
- Log in via GitHub (optionaly)
- Create a PostCatcher by clicking the big reb button on the homepage
- send a few POST request on the created URL. You can copy&paste example from the created page
Who
martinciu — Gdańsk, Poland
How
- coffeescript
- express
- Pusher
- MongoDB with MongoHQ & Mongoose
- GitHub OAuth2 with everyauth
- jQuery
- LESS
- handlebars
- Bootstrap, from Twitter
- jade
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jimpickjudge
adinardijudgeGreat stuff. Useful too. It’s been done a number of times before and I don’t see anything notably unique or different. Live updating was a nice touch.
I’d definitely use this in the future when I need a debug endpoint.
felixgejudgeThis will probably replace postbin.org for me in the future. Well executed app and nice design. I don’t care if it’s twitter bootstrap – building on other people’s work is key for NKO, especially if you’re just one person.
pengwynnjudge
b00giZmjudgeOkay, I think I got it – This app acts as a kind of proxy which catches events from external apps. This would be a pretty nifty tool, if there would be some API my app could poll during development to access those caught events. Seeing these events appear in realtime on my dashboard is nice, but it’s not that helpful during development.
Also: What’s the purpose of the “More” button? It seems to trigger a GET request but only returns an empty array.
The UI design is pure Twitter bootstrap. No points for that – sorry ;)
- contestant
“More” button is for pagination. It loads older items if they exists.
Thanks for vote!
trycatcherjudgeA nice 48h project. Works as specified. I can’t imagine ever wanting to use this. Still, good work :)
singles
contestanturubatan
contestantI think I’ll be using this service after knockout ends if you keep it online. Please let me know.
allancajudgeVery useful. Like that you can see the requests immediately with no refresh.
therazorbladejudgeCould be useful. Most of the time I need something to debug messages there is an authentication layer involved (OAuth) and this might not provide enough flexibility. But it probably would have helped debug a few node bugs in the past.
- contestant
This is hosted service for developers for testing webhooks For example if your app contacts any external app via POST requests, you can send these request to PostCatcher during development to see if the request is alright and.
- therazorbladejudge
Updated review.
3rd-Eden
contestantI tried it my self for debugging purposes, I wanted to see if unicodes where correctly posted using my HTML form, but the only thing I saw where the headers.
It also wasn’t directly obvious what would happen if we posted, should we stay on the page, refresh or just wait for something.. On page instructions would have been nice to have.
But I haven’t seen any projects like this.. As for the design it’s almost 100% Twitter bootstrap, while it’s a awesome it would be nice if you had taken the time to implement some
personalityin to the app, but overal great solo entry ;)crosses fingers that you won’t pass my entry ;D
chrismatthieujudgeI <3 this app!
- contestant
Thanks!
dennyferra
contestantCould definitely be useful. Seen similar ideas before though. A little more elbow grease and this would be something I would add to my toolbelt.
stevencoronajudgecould see myself using this in the future during development/debugging.
- contestant
Awesome, thanks!
mikealjudge- contestant
Thanks for a vote!
iapainjudgeIt’s fun service, it could be nice if you could evolve your approach to a hook based system. Though there are couple of bugs, if post data is not json then you get error, also logout doesn’t work properly. Cool work done in less than 48h.
- contestant
Thanks! I will be working on bugs.
ssorokajudgeFound a bug when I passed json keys that weren’t quoted. Otherwise very useful.
well done
- contestant
Thanks!
rcrowleyjudgeWell done. It’s not the most original but I loved discovering it updates live as new POSTs are sent.
It’d be awesome if this proxied requests to their real destination to act as a logger/analyzer during development.
- contestant
Yes, there will be proxied requests. Thanks for a vote!
airportyh
contestantWhy only posts? No gets? And would be nice to specify a response too, for running tests.
- contestant
Specify response – great idea! Thanks!
voodootikigodjudgeDon’t understand the point or value proposition over existing in-browser network traces. If just test post events to an API, I still don’t see any value in this. Adding redirect or traceback would be a massive improvement so that this could essentially be a MITM packet trace for web transactions, but for now its not there and doesn’t seem to be walking that path.
MEgrez
contestantUseful for me
danielleswank
contestantThis has potential for being a really useful service. Unfortunately when I clicked more after the example code, I received an internal server error. I like the color scheme and overall design. It’s intuitive and looks like it will be easy to use.
Very nice! I can imagine myself using this a lot!