NAME

       httpclient - Shell command for performing HTTP requests using Ruby httpclient

SYNOPSIS

       httpclient <method> <uri> [params]

       httpclient

DESCRIPTION

       This  program  is an example/companion to the Ruby httpclient module, but can be used as a
       complete standalone HTTP client.

       If invoked with a method and an URI, the specified URI will be requested  via  the  method
       given  from  its  server.  The  allowed methods are head, get, post, put, delete, options,
       propfind, proppatch and trace.

       Parameters can be specified as a third parameter and will be delivered  accordingly  (i.e.
       appended  to  the  URI  after a ? sign if the method is get, but as the posted body if the
       method is post)

       Please note that no checks are done as to whether the requested parameters make  sense  in
       the context they are specified, they are just sent as-is.

       $ httpclient get https://www.google.co.jp/ q=ruby

       Starting from version 2.6.0 httpclient supports command download.

       $ httpclient download http://host/path > file

       If  no parameters are specified, an interactive Ruby (irb) session will be opened, binding
       an HTTPClient object as 'self'. You can then call HTTPClient instance methods like:

       $ httpclient
              >> get "https://www.google.co.jp/", :q => :ruby

       Httpclient will print the `wiredump' of your request (that is, the commands  sent  to  the
       server via HTTP), then the request's headers, and finally the result.

OPTIONS

AUTHOR

       Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org>

NOTES

       This manual page was written by Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org> for the Debian project, but
       can be freely used by others.

       This is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under  the  terms  of
       the  GNU  General  Public  License  as  published  by the Free Software Foundation; either
       version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

                                            2013-06-10                              httpclient(1)