httpie

# httpie Plugin Modern HTTP client for the CLI. Human-friendly syntax for GET/POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE with automatic JSON formatting, sessions, and download support. ## Installation ```bash pip install httpie # or brew install httpie # Debian/Ubuntu: apt install httpie ``` ## Basic Usage ```bash # GET request with pretty JSON output http GET https://api.example.com/users # POST JSON body http POST https://api.example.com/users name=Alice email=alice@example.com # Add headers and auth http -a user:pass GET https://api.example.com/private # Follow redirects http --follow GET https://example.com ``` ## Common Patterns ```bash # Save and reuse a session (cookies, auth) http --session=./session.json GET https://api.example.com/me # Upload a file http --form POST https://api.example.com/upload file@./photo.jpg # Pipe JSON from stdin echo '{"q":"search"}' | http POST https://api.example.com/search # Download response body http --download GET https://example.com/file.zip ``` ## Usage Examples - "Send a POST request with JSON to this API endpoint" - "Test this REST endpoint with basic auth" - "Pretty-print the response from a GET request" ## SuperCLI ```bash sc httpie _ _ GET https://api.example.com/users sc httpie _ _ POST https://api.example.com/users name=Bob sc plugins learn httpie ```