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GitHub describes it as 🥧 HTTPie CLI , modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more.. The repository metadata lists Python as its primary language. The metadata lists the BSD-3-Clause license. This article stays within the project description and details documented in the GitHub repository README.

38,415 stars3,993 forksPythonBSD-3-Clause
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httpie/cli: README details

GitHub describes it as 🥧 HTTPie CLI , modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more.. The repository metadata lists Python as its primary language. The metadata lists the BSD-3-Clause license. This article stays within the project description and details documented in the GitHub repository README.

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Repository scope

GitHub describes it as 🥧 HTTPie CLI , modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era. JSON support, colors, sessions, downloads, plugins & more.. The repository metadata lists Python as its primary language. The metadata lists the BSD-3-Clause license. The README describes the project this way: 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.

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We lost 54k GitHub stars

The README section "We lost 54k GitHub stars" states: 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

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Features

The README section "Features" states: - 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

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Community & support

The README section "Community & support" states: - Visit the HTTPie website for full documentation and useful links. - Join our Discord server is to ask questions, discuss features, and for general API chat. - Tweet at @httpie on Twitter. - Use StackOverflow to ask questions and include a httpie tag. - Create GitHub Issues for bug reports and feature requests. - Subscribe to the HTTPie newsletter for occasional updates.

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Editorial conclusion

The repository README is the source for this review. It does not replace a local installation or an independent test.

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Official sources

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Community notes

Community notes