cli
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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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