HTTPie - a CLI, cURL - Like Tool For Humans
HTTPie (pronounced aych-tee-tee-pie ) is a command line HTTP client . Its goal is to make CLI interaction with web services as human-friendly as possible. It provides a simple http command that allows for sending arbitrary HTTP requests using a simple and natural syntax, and displays colorized output. HTTPie can be used for testing, debugging , and generally interacting with HTTP servers. HTTPie is written in Python, and under the hood it uses the excellent Requests and Pygments libraries. Main Features 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 Python 2.6, 2.7 and 3.x support Linux, Mac OS X and Windows support Plugins Documentation Test coverage Installation On Mac OS X , HTTPie can be installed via Homebrew : $ ...