copilot-sandbox-http-cli

name	copilot-sandbox-http-cli
description	Make HTTP requests from the command line using the `http` script available inside the container. Use when testing REST APIs, sending requests with custom headers, handling authentication, or when a more readable alternative to raw curl is needed.

HTTP CLI Tool

/usr/local/bin/http — curl wrapper with colorized output and automatic JSON formatting.

Syntax

http [METHOD] <URL> [KEY=VALUE...] [curl-options]

Method is case-insensitive. Defaults to GET if omitted.

Configuration commands

http configure                     # set up auth/config interactively
http login                         # authenticate with a service
http set-header NAME VALUE         # persist a header across requests
http remove-header NAME            # remove a persisted header

Environment variables

HTTP_VERBOSE=1    # show request/response headers
HTTP_TIMEOUT=30   # timeout in seconds

Project config file (.http.conf)

host=https://api.example.com
--header "Authorization: Bearer your-token"
--timeout 30

Examples

# GET
http get https://api.github.com/users/octocat

# POST with key=value
http post https://httpbin.org/post name=John age=30

# Custom header
http get https://api.example.com/data Authorization:"Bearer ghp_token"

# API key header
http get https://api.example.com/data X-API-Key:"your-key"

# File upload
http post https://api.example.com/upload --form file=@image.jpg

# Pipe JSON to jq
http get https://api.example.com/users | jq '.[0].name'

# Verbose (shows headers)
HTTP_VERBOSE=1 http get https://api.example.com/status

Requirements

curl