httpie
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HTTPie is a command line HTTP client that aims to make interacting with web services as human-friendly as possible. It provides colorized and formatted output, supports various HTTP methods and authentication types, and allows interacting with web services through simple HTTP commands. Some key features include output formatting, query parameters, file uploads, authentication, and named sessions for persisting settings between requests.
![Usage
http [flags] [METHOD] URL [REQUEST ITEMS]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/httpie-minitalk-140606203603-phpapp02/85/httpie-8-320.jpg)
![Raw JSON
field:=value
field:=@file.txt
http requestb.in/vnm6qyvn
terms:='["curl", "vs.", "httpie"]'
page:=2](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/httpie-minitalk-140606203603-phpapp02/85/httpie-30-320.jpg)
httpie
- 2. "HTTPie: a CLI, cURL-like tool for humans" - httpie.org
- 3. "HTTPie is a command line HTTP client. Its goal is to make CLI interaction with web services as human-friendly as possible." - httpie.org
- 4. Implemented in Python Provides simple http command Colorized, formatted output
- 6. pip install --upgrade httpie Installation or easy_install httpie or yum install httpie (etc.)
- 7. Major Features colorized output output formatting query/form parameters security (auth, https) headers form file uploads persistent sessions supports all HTTP verbs wget-style downloads streamed responses
- 8. Usage http [flags] [METHOD] URL [REQUEST ITEMS]
- 9. 3 cool sites to test with: requestb.in example.org httpbin.org
- 13. Let's try it...
- 16. -v (verbose)
- 17. Defaults... method - GET scheme - http:// data fields - JSON
- 18. Request Headers http requestb.in/vnm6qyvn Accept:application/json X-Test-Header:'Foo, Bar' Name:Value
- 20. URL parameters name==value http requestb.in/vnm6qyvn search=='curl vs. httpie' page==2
- 22. Data Fields (JSON) field=value field=@file.txt http requestb.in/vnm6qyvn search='curl vs. httpie' page=2
- 23. ...httpie will set the method to POST when a request contains data fields...
- 25. Data Fields (from a file) http requestb.in/vnm6qyvn data=@/Users/sleberkn/w.txt
- 27. Data Fields (form) -f, --form field=value field=@file.txt http --form requestb.in/vnm6qyvn search='curl vs. httpie' page=2
- 28. ...httpie will set the content type to application/x-www-form-urlencoded when you use --form ( or -f )...
- 30. Raw JSON field:=value field:=@file.txt http requestb.in/vnm6qyvn terms:='["curl", "vs.", "httpie"]' page:=2
- 32. File Uploads field@/dir/file_name http requestb.in/vnm6qyvn the_file@/Users/sleberkn/w.txt
- 33. ...httpie will set the content type to multipart/form-data when you do a file upload...
- 35. Easy as httpie!
- 36. HTTP Methods GET POST PUT PATCH DELETE HEAD (and a few more obscure ones...)
- 37. Testing methods with httpbin.org http GET httpbin.org/get http POST httpbin.org/post foo=bar http PUT httpbin.org/put foo=bar http PATCH httpbin.org/patch foo=bar http -f DELETE httpbin.org/delete
- 38. Authentication BASIC (default) or Digest -a,--auth --auth-type Has plugins for OAuth & others
- 40. Username & password prompt
- 41. Downloads -d,--download -o,--output http -d -o out.txt httpbin.org/get
- 43. Persistent Sessions Custom headers, authorization, and cookies persist between requests to the same host Named & anonymous sessions
- 44. http --session=user1 -a user1:secret example.org X-Thingy:Foo http --session=user2 -a user2:monkey example.org Named Sessions
- 45. Other stuff... HTTPS support Supports proxies Redirect to/from http Control output via flags (--headers, --body, --print, etc.) JSON config file Scripting support (via --check-status) Streaming responses
- 46. httpie web site: httpie.org (redirects to https://github.com/jkbr/httpie ) References httpbin HTTP request & response service: httpbin.org RequestBin: requestb.in
- 47. My Info twitter: sleberknight www.sleberknight.com/blog scott dot leberknight at gmail.com