httpie/cli

Features

• Command-Line HTTP Clients - Provides a terminal-based interface for constructing, sending, and inspecting web service requests.
• Terminal API Clients - Provides a human-readable interface for interacting with web services that features syntax-highlighted output.
• Declarative Request Builders - Translates shorthand tokens into fully formed HTTP requests including headers and payloads.
• API Testing - Provides tools for testing and inspecting web services directly from the terminal to verify request structures.
• Authentication Strategies - Supports authentication via basic, digest, or bearer schemes by providing credentials directly in the command line.
• Network Testing - Analyzes HTTP traffic through verbose logging and syntax-highlighted output for API testing.
• API Prototyping - Enables constructing and refining API calls using shorthand syntax to quickly iterate on request payloads and headers.
• Plugin Architectures - Uses a modular registration system to allow third-party code to inject custom authentication, transport, and formatting logic.
• Network Automation - Supports executing complex HTTP exchanges within shell scripts to automate data transfers and integrate with remote services.
• HTTP Request Builders - HTTPie allows specifying raw request bodies directly on the command line, useful for generating documentation examples or when piping is inconvenient.
• Request Debuggers - Displays full HTTP request and response exchanges to assist with debugging and documentation.
• Extensible Plugin Architectures - Supports third-party extensions for custom authentication, protocols, and data formatting.
• API Testing Tools - A user-friendly command-line HTTP client for API interaction.
• CLI Tools - Listed in the “CLI Tools” section of the Awesome Python awesome list.
• Command Line Tools - Listed in the “Command Line Tools” section of the The Book Of Secret Knowledge awesome list.
• Command Line Utilities - Simplifies API testing and debugging via CLI.
• CLI Tools - User-friendly HTTP client.
• JSON Request Serializers - Serializes request data as JSON by default for standard API interactions.
• Network Request Tools - Enables setting specific connection timeouts and ignoring standard input streams to prevent scripts from hanging.
• Session Management - Maintains persistent storage files to track cookies and authentication headers across multiple independent network requests.
• URL Parameter Parsers - HTTPie appends URL parameters to requests using dedicated syntax that automatically handles URL encoding and shell escaping for parameter names and values.
• Nested JSON Builders - Enables construction of complex, nested JSON structures directly from the command line.
• Plugin Managers - Supports installing third-party plugins to extend core command-line functionality.
• Automatic Redirect Handlers - Follows HTTP redirects automatically to simplify multi-step request workflows.
• Network Streaming - Handles large data payloads by processing network chunks in real-time to minimize memory usage during high-volume transfers.
• Offline Request Generators - HTTPie constructs and prints HTTP requests to the terminal without sending them over the network for dry runs or documentation generation.
• Request Payloads - HTTPie sends file contents as request bodies by referencing file paths, automatically detecting and setting appropriate content-type headers based on extensions.
• Extensible Authentication - Allows extending authentication capabilities by installing third-party plugins to support custom or proprietary security mechanisms.
• Command Line Parsers - Translates shorthand command-line tokens into structured HTTP request objects through a rule-based transformation engine.
• Command Line Utilities - HTTPie manages output behavior when redirecting to files or pipes by automatically disabling formatting and binary suppression, with options to force colorization.
• Persistent Configurations - Supports defining persistent default command-line arguments and specifying custom directories for plugin installations.
• HTTP Exchange Inspectors - Provides full visibility into the request-response chain, including redirects and authentication handshakes.
• HTTP Method Inference Engines - HTTPie determines HTTP methods automatically based on the presence of request data, defaulting to GET for requests without bodies and POST for those with data.
• Proxy Clients - HTTPie routes requests through SOCKS proxies by specifying the protocol and credentials in command-line arguments for individual HTTP or HTTPS requests.
• Request Header Configuration - Provides flexible configuration for custom request headers via arguments and file inputs.
• Response Streaming Utilities - HTTPie streams HTTP responses in real-time by disabling output buffering, allowing the client to process data chunks as they arrive from the server.
• Resumable Downloads - Enables resuming interrupted downloads by sending range requests to servers that support partial content.
• Stream Processing Utilities - HTTPie pipes data from standard input, files, or other programs into the request body, with support for streaming, chunked encoding, and compression.
• Client Certificate Authentication - Authenticates with servers using client-side SSL certificates and private keys.
• Terminal Output Formatters - Processes raw HTTP responses through a syntax-highlighting engine that adapts display logic based on terminal capabilities.

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