HTTPie
OfficialFeaturedAgent-readyAbout HTTPie
Makes HTTP requests with readable syntax and formatted output. Supports headers, authentication, request bodies, and session management with an intuitive interface.
Key features
- 01Make HTTP requests with simple syntax: http GET/POST/PUT/DELETE endpoints
- 02Add headers, query parameters, and request bodies with clear, readable syntax
- 03Store and reuse authentication credentials and session cookies across requests
Use cases
- 01Testing and debugging REST APIs during development without writing scripts
- 02Making authenticated requests to APIs with automatic credential management
- 03Exploring API endpoints and inspecting formatted responses in the terminal
Install
Pick your OS or package manager and run the command in a terminal.
Once installed, runhttp --versionto confirm it works.
Example commands
Common commands in the order you’d use them.
Details
From the project README
HTTPie CLI: human-friendly HTTP client for the API era
HTTPie (pronounced aitch-tee-tee-pie) is a command-line HTTP client.
Its goal is to make CLI interaction with web services as human-friendly as possible.
HTTPie is designed for testing, debugging, and generally interacting with APIs & HTTP servers.
The http & https commands allow for creating and sending arbitrary HTTP requests.
They use simple and natural syntax and provide formatted and colorized output.
We lost 54k GitHub stars
Please note we recently accidentally made this repo private for a moment, and GitHub deleted our community that took a decade to build. Read the full story here: https://httpie.io/blog/stardust
Getting started
Features
- Expressive and intuitive syntax
- Formatted and colorized terminal output
- Built-in JSON support
- Forms and file uploads
- HTTPS, proxies, and authentication
- Arbitrary request data
- Custom headers
- Persistent sessions
wget-like downloads
Examples
Hello World:
https httpie.io/hello
Custom HTTP method, HTTP headers and JSON data:
http PUT pie.dev/put X-API-Token:123 name=John
Build and print a request without sending it using offline mode:
http --offline pie.dev/post hello=offline
Use GitHub API to post a comment on an Issue with authentication:
http -a USERNAME POST https://api.github.com/repos/httpie/cli/issues/83/comments body='HTTPie is awesome! :heart:'
Community & support
- Visit the HTTPie website for full documentation and useful links.
- Join our Discord server is to ask questions, discuss features, and for general API chat.
- Tweet at @httpie on Twitter.
- Use StackOverflow to ask questions and include a
httpietag. - Create GitHub Issues for bug reports and feature requests.
- Subscribe to the HTTPie newsletter for occasional updates.
Contributing
Have a look through existing Issues and Pull Requests that you could help with. If you'd like to request a feature or report a bug, please create a GitHub Issue using one of the templates provided.