httpie

A user friendly HTTP tool. More information: https://github.com/httpie/httpie.

  • Send a GET request (default method with no request data):

http https://example.com

  • Send a POST request (default method with request data):

http https://example.com hello=World

  • Send a POST request with redirected input:

http https://example.com < file.json

  • Send a PUT request with a given JSON body:

http PUT https://example.com/todos/7 hello=world

  • Send a DELETE request with a given request header:

http DELETE https://example.com/todos/7 API-Key:foo

  • Show the whole HTTP exchange (both request and response):

http -v https://example.com

  • Download a file:

http --download https://example.com

  • Follow redirects and show intermediary requests and responses:

http --follow --all https://example.com