cheatsheets/httpie.md

title	category	layout	weight	updated
httpie	CLI	2017/sheet	-3	2017-09-04

Parameters

$ http POST example.com/posts/3 \
    Origin:example.com \  # :   HTTP headers
    name="John Doe" \     # =   string
    q=="search" \         # ==  URL parameters (?q=search)
    age:=29 \             # :=  for non-strings
    list:='[1,3,4]'       # :=  json
    file@file.bin \       # @   attach file
    token=@token.txt \    # =@  read from file (text)
    user:=@user.json      # :=@ read from file (json)

Forms

$ http --form POST example.com \
    name="John Smith" \
    cv=@document.txt

Options

Print options: {: .-setup}

-v, --verbose            # same as --print=HhBb
    --print=HhBb         # H: request headers
                         # B: request body
                         # h: response headers
                         # b: response body
    --pretty=none        # all | colors | format

Authentication:

    --session NAME
-a, --auth USER:PASS
    --auth-type basic
    --auth-type digest

Downloading:

    --download
    --continue
-o, --output FILE

Others:

    --follow             # follow redirects
    --timeout SECONDS
    --verify no          # skip SSL verification
    --proxy http:http://foo.bar:3128

References

• https://github.com/jakubroztocil/httpie