katt vs hound

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katt		hound
	Project
3	Mentions	2
117	Stars	1,341
0.0%	Growth	-
0.6	Activity	0.0
12 months ago	Latest Commit	over 2 years ago
Erlang	Language	Elixir
Apache License 2.0	License	MIT License

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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
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katt

Posts with mentions or reviews of katt. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-11.

Beyond OpenAPI
12 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Sep 2023

What this misses is the curl response format.
Long time ago at Klarna we used this tool: https://github.com/for-GET/katt Here's an example: https://github.com/for-GET/katt/blob/master/doc/example-http...
KATT (Klarna API Testing Tool) Is an HTTP-Based API Testing Tool for Erlang
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Nov 2022
Hurl, run and test HTTP requests with plain text
14 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Nov 2022

https://github.com/for-GET/katt is the same concept, but following the pattern matching philosophy. Written in Erlang, available as a CLI tool as well but needs the erlang runtime installed.
Code example: https://github.com/for-GET/katt/blob/master/doc/example-http...
Disclaimer: I'm one of the authors, thus biased, but the reason I'm mentioning katt is that the low barrier of entry for captures and asserts makes it a nice requirement tool for non-techs to write complex API scenarios.

hound

Posts with mentions or reviews of hound. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-02.

How to Use Macros in Elixir
3 projects | dev.to | 2 Nov 2021

This is useful when several inheritors require the same set of imports and is best illustrated in Hound — a browser automation testing library:
Open-source Deep Dive: Hound
3 projects | dev.to | 17 Jan 2021

Hound GitHub repository

What are some alternatives?

When comparing katt and hound you can also consider the following projects:

ponos - ponos is a simple yet powerful load generator written in erlang

wallaby - Concurrent browser tests for your Elixir web apps.

test_that_json - JSON-related helpers for your Elixir testing needs

meck - A mocking library for Erlang

proper - PropEr: a QuickCheck-inspired property-based testing tool for Erlang

espec - Elixir Behaviour Driven Development

mix_erlang_tasks - Common tasks for Erlang projects that use Mix

tuco_tuco

excheck - Property-based testing library for Elixir (QuickCheck style).

ExVCR - HTTP request/response recording library for elixir, inspired by VCR.

bypass - Bypass provides a quick way to create a custom plug that can be put in place instead of an actual HTTP server to return prebaked responses to client requests.

white_bread - 🍞 Story BDD tool for elixir using gherkin