An interactive HTTP command-line client
Project description
HTTP Prompt is an interactive command-line HTTP client featuring autocomplete and syntax highlighting, built on HTTPie and prompt_toolkit.
Installation
Just install it like a regular Python package:
$ pip install http-prompt
You’ll probably see some permission errors if you’re trying to install it on the system-wide Python. It isn’t recommended. But if that’s what you want to do, you need to sudo:
$ sudo pip install http-prompt
Another alternative is to use --user option to install the package into your user directory:
$ pip install --user http-prompt
To upgrade HTTP Prompt, do:
$ pip install -U http-prompt
Quickstart
Starting a session:
$ http-prompt http://httpbin.org
To change URL address, use cd:
> cd api/v1 > cd http://localhost/api
To add headers, querystring, or body parameters, use the syntax as in HTTPie. The following are all valid:
> Content-Type:application/json username=john > 'name=John Doe' apikey==abc > Authorization:"Bearer auth_token"
You can also add HTTPie options like this:
> --form --auth user:pass > --verify=no username=jane
To preview how HTTP Prompt is going to call HTTPie, do:
> httpie post http --auth user:pass --form POST http://localhost/api apikey==abc username=john
You can temporarily override the request parameters. The current session won’t be modified:
> httpie /api/something page==2 --json http --json http://localhost/api/something page==2 > httpie http http://localhost
To actually send a request, enter one of the HTTP methods:
> get > post > put > patch > delete > head
The above HTTP methods also support temporary overriding:
> post /api/v1 --form name=jane ... > httpie http http://localhost
To remove an existing header, querystring, body parameter, or HTTPie option:
> rm -h Content-Type > rm -q apikey > rm -b username > rm -o --auth
Roadmap
User configuration file, i.e., an RC file
More HTTP headers for autocomplete
More tests, e.g., integration test and testing on Windows
More documentation
Support for advanced HTTPie syntax, e.g, field:=json and field=@file.json
Inline shell command evaluation
HTTP/2 support
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