rs/curlie
Curlie
Curlie is a terminal-based HTTP client and debugging tool used for executing network requests and interacting with REST APIs. It provides a command line interface for sending requests using simplified syntax, with a specific focus on interacting with JSON services.
The tool distinguishes itself by converting simplified interactive requests into standard curl commands for external reproduction and sharing. It also features unbuffered data streaming to monitor server responses in real time as they arrive.
The project covers a broad range of API testing capabilities, including request prototyping with custom headers and data, and automated pretty-printing of JSON responses for easier analysis of server payloads.
Features
- API Command Line Clients - Acts as a terminal-based utility for interacting with server APIs for testing and automation.
- Command-Line HTTP Clients - Provides a terminal-based utility for constructing and sending HTTP requests with simplified syntax.
- cURL Command Export - Generates executable curl commands from configured HTTP requests for external reproduction.
- cURL Command Generators - Translates internal request states into standard curl command strings for reproduction and sharing.
- JSON API Clients - Provides a terminal interface specifically optimized for interacting with RESTful services using JSON payloads.
- REST API Clients - Functions as a client for interacting with and debugging RESTful services using HTTP and JSON.
- Curl-Based Request Engines - Wraps the curl library to provide a user-friendly interface for executing network calls.
- HTTP Request Debugging - Offers tools for troubleshooting network traffic through unbuffered streaming and request reconstruction.
- HTTP Request Execution - Provides a command-line interface for executing synchronous and asynchronous HTTP requests using simplified syntax.
- Shorthand - Translates user-friendly shorthand for methods and headers into formal HTTP request specifications.
- Real-time Stream Monitors - Provides capabilities for tailing and observing unbuffered server responses as they arrive in real time.
- JSON Pretty Printers - Transforms raw JSON response strings into human-readable, indented layouts.
- Chunked Response Processing - Processes incoming HTTP response data in chunks to display content in real time without buffering.
- HTTP Request Customization - Allows for quick drafting of network calls with custom headers and data to verify endpoints.
- Debug Data Streams - Provides a live feed of network responses for real-time sampling and troubleshooting of streamed content.
- Unbuffered Writes - Implements unbuffered writes to process and format response data in real time as it arrives from the server.
- Pretty Printing - Automatically pretty-prints JSON responses to make raw server payloads easier to analyze.
- API Clients - User-friendly CLI frontend for curl.
- HTTP and Network Utilities - The power of curl with the ease of httpie.
- HTTP Clients - Curl frontend with HTTPie-like syntax.
- Network and API Clients - Combines the power of curl with a simplified interface.
