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https://github.com/httpie/httpie

πŸ₯§ HTTPie CLI β€” modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more.
https://github.com/httpie/httpie

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πŸ₯§ HTTPie CLI β€” modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more.

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    HTTPie CLI: human-friendly HTTP client for the API era







[![HTTPie for Desktop](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=HTTPie&message=Desktop&color=4B78E6)](https://httpie.io/product)

[![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=HTTPie&message=Web%20%26%20Mobile&color=73DC8C)](https://httpie.io/app)

[![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=HTTPie&message=CLI&color=FA9BFA)](https://httpie.io/cli)

[![Twitter](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/httpie?style=flat&color=%234B78E6&logoColor=%234B78E6)](https://twitter.com/httpie)

[![Chat](https://img.shields.io/discord/725351238698270761?style=flat&label=Chat%20on%20Discord&color=%23FA9BFA)](https://httpie.io/discord)









[![Docs](https://img.shields.io/badge/stable%20docs-httpie.io%2Fdocs%2Fcli-brightgreen?style=flat&color=%2373DC8C&label=Docs)](https://httpie.org/docs/cli)

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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.






HTTPie in action






## 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



![](docs/stardust.png)



## Getting started



- [Installation instructions β†’](https://httpie.io/docs#installation)

- [Full documentation β†’](https://httpie.io/docs)



## 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



[See all features β†’](https://httpie.io/docs)



## Examples



Hello World:



```bash

https httpie.io/hello

```



Custom [HTTP method](https://httpie.io/docs#http-method), [HTTP headers](https://httpie.io/docs#http-headers) and [JSON](https://httpie.io/docs#json) data:



```bash

http PUT pie.dev/put X-API-Token:123 name=John

```



Build and print a request without sending it using [offline mode](https://httpie.io/docs/cli/offline-mode):



```bash

http --offline pie.dev/post hello=offline

```



Use [GitHub API](https://developer.github.com/v3/issues/comments/#create-a-comment) to post a comment on an [Issue](https://github.com/httpie/cli/issues/83) with [authentication](https://httpie.io/docs#authentication):



```bash

http -a USERNAME POST https://api.github.com/repos/httpie/cli/issues/83/comments body='HTTPie is awesome! :heart:'

```



[See more examples β†’](https://httpie.io/docs#examples)



## Community & support



- Visit the [HTTPie website](https://httpie.io) for full documentation and useful links.

- Join our [Discord server](https://httpie.io/discord) is to ask questions, discuss features, and for general API chat.

- Tweet at [@httpie](https://twitter.com/httpie) on Twitter.

- Use [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/httpie) to ask questions and include a `httpie` tag.

- Create [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/httpie/cli/issues) for bug reports and feature requests.

- Subscribe to the [HTTPie newsletter](https://httpie.io) for occasional updates.



## Contributing



Have a look through existing [Issues](https://github.com/httpie/cli/issues) and [Pull Requests](https://github.com/httpie/cli/pulls) that you could help with. If you'd like to request a feature or report a bug, please [create a GitHub Issue](https://github.com/httpie/cli/issues) using one of the templates provided.



[See contribution guide β†’](https://github.com/httpie/cli/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)