Ubuntu Manpage: http

NAME

       http

SYNOPSIS

       http [METHOD] URL [REQUEST_ITEM ...]

DESCRIPTION

       HTTPie:    modern,   user-friendly   command-line   HTTP   client   for   the   API   era.
       <https://httpie.io>

Positional arguments

       These arguments come after any flags and in the order they are listed here.  Only  URL  is
       required.

       METHOD

              The HTTP method to be used for the request (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, ...).

              This  argument  can  be omitted in which case HTTPie will use POST if there is some
              data to be sent, otherwise GET:

                  $ http example.org               # => GET
                  $ http example.org hello=world   # => POST

       URL

              The request URL. Scheme defaults to 'http://' if the URL does not include one. (You
              can override this with: --default-scheme=http/https)

              You can also use a shorthand for localhost

                  $ http :3000                    # => http://localhost:3000
                  $ http :/foo                    # => http://localhost/foo

       REQUEST_ITEM

              Optional  key-value  pairs  to  be  included  in  the  request.  The separator used
              determines the type:

              ':' HTTP headers:

                  Referer:https://httpie.io  Cookie:foo=bar  User-Agent:bacon/1.0

              '==' URL parameters to be appended to the request URI:

                  search==httpie

              '=' Data fields to be serialized into a JSON object (with --json, -j)
                  or form data (with --form, -f):

                  name=HTTPie  language=Python  description='CLI HTTP client'

              ':=' Non-string JSON data fields (only with --json, -j):

                  awesome:=true  amount:=42  colors:='["red", "green", "blue"]'

              '@' Form file fields (only with --form or --multipart):

                  cv@~/Documents/CV.pdf
                  cv@'~/Documents/CV.pdf;type=application/pdf'

              '=@' A data field like '=', but takes a file path and embeds its content:

                  essay=@Documents/essay.txt

              ':=@' A raw JSON field like ':=', but takes a file path and embeds its content:

                  package:=@./package.json

              You can use a backslash to escape a colliding separator in the field name:

                  field-name-with\:colon=value

Predefined content types

       --json, -j

              (default) Data items from the command line are serialized as a  JSON  object.   The
              Content-Type and Accept headers are set to application/json (if not specified).

       --form, -f

              Data items from the command line are serialized as form fields.

              The  Content-Type  is  set to application/x-www-form-urlencoded (if not specified).
              The presence of any file fields results in a multipart/form-data request.

       --multipart

              Similar to --form, but always  sends  a  multipart/form-data  request  (i.e.,  even
              without files).

       --boundary

              Specify  a custom boundary string for multipart/form-data requests. Only has effect
              only together with --form.

       --raw

              This option allows you to pass  raw  request  data  without  extra  processing  (as
              opposed to the structured request items syntax):

                  $ http --raw='data' pie.dev/post

              You can achieve the same by piping the data via stdin:

                  $ echo data | http pie.dev/post

              Or have HTTPie load the raw data from a file:

                  $ http pie.dev/post @data.txt

Content processing options

       --compress, -x

              Content  compressed  (encoded) with Deflate algorithm.  The Content-Encoding header
              is set to deflate.

              Compression  is  skipped  if  it  appears  that  compression  ratio  is   negative.
              Compression can be forced by repeating the argument.

Output processing

       --pretty

              Controls  output  processing.  The  value  can be "none" to not prettify the output
              (default for redirected output), "all" to apply both colors and formatting (default
              for terminal output), "colors", or "format".

       --style, -s STYLE

              Output coloring style (default is "auto"). It can be one of:

                  auto, pie, pie-dark, pie-light, solarized

              For finding out all available styles in your system, try:

              $ http --style

              The "auto" style follows your terminal's ANSI color styles.  For non-auto styles to
              work properly, please make sure that the  $TERM  environment  variable  is  set  to
              "xterm-256color"  or  similar  (e.g.,  via  `export  TERM=xterm-256color'  in  your
              ~/.bashrc).

       --unsorted

              Disables all sorting while formatting output. It is a shortcut for:

                  --format-options=headers.sort:false,json.sort_keys:false

       --sorted

              Re-enables all sorting options while formatting output. It is a shortcut for:

                  --format-options=headers.sort:true,json.sort_keys:true

       --response-charset ENCODING

              Override the response encoding for terminal display purposes, e.g.:

                  --response-charset=utf8
                  --response-charset=big5

       --response-mime MIME_TYPE

              Override the response mime type for coloring and formatting for the terminal, e.g.:

                  --response-mime=application/json
                  --response-mime=text/xml

       --format-options

              Controls output formatting.  Only  relevant  when  formatting  is  enabled  through
              (explicit  or  implied)  --pretty=all  or  --pretty=format.   The following are the
              default options:

                  headers.sort:true
                  json.format:true
                  json.indent:4
                  json.sort_keys:true
                  xml.format:true
                  xml.indent:2

              You may use this option multiple times, as well as specify multiple comma-separated
              options  at  the  same time. For example, this modifies the settings to disable the
              sorting of JSON keys, and sets the indent size to 2:

                  --format-options json.sort_keys:false,json.indent:2

              This is something you will typically put into your config file.

Output options

--print, -p WHAT

String specifying what the output should contain:

'H' request headers
'B' request body
'h' response headers
'b' response body
'm' response metadata

The default behaviour is 'hb' (i.e., the response headers and body is printed), if
standard output is not redirected. If the output is piped to another program or to
a file, then only the response body is printed by default.

--headers, -h

Print only the response headers. Shortcut for --print=h.

--meta, -m

Print only the response metadata. Shortcut for --print=m.

--body, -b

Print only the response body. Shortcut for --print=b.

--verbose, -v

Verbose output. For the level one (with single `-v`/`--verbose`), print the whole
request as well as the response. Also print any intermediary requests/responses
(such as redirects). For the second level and higher, print these as well as the
response metadata.

Level one is a shortcut for: --all --print=BHbh Level two is a shortcut for: --all
--print=BHbhm

--all

By default, only the final request/response is shown. Use this flag to show any
intermediary requests/responses as well. Intermediary requests include followed
redirects (with --follow), the first unauthorized request when Digest auth is used
(--auth=digest), etc.

--stream, -S

Always stream the response body by line, i.e., behave like `tail -f'.

Without --stream and with --pretty (either set or implied), HTTPie fetches the
whole response before it outputs the processed data.

Set this option when you want to continuously display a prettified long-lived
response, such as one from the Twitter streaming API.

It is useful also without --pretty: It ensures that the output is flushed more
often and in smaller chunks.

--output, -o FILE

Save output to FILE instead of stdout. If --download is also set, then only the
response body is saved to FILE. Other parts of the HTTP exchange are printed to
stderr.

--download, -d

Do not print the response body to stdout. Rather, download it and store it in a
file. The filename is guessed unless specified with --output [filename]. This
action is similar to the default behaviour of wget.

--continue, -c

Resume an interrupted download. Note that the --output option needs to be specified
as well.

--quiet, -q

Do not print to stdout or stderr, except for errors and warnings when provided
once. Provide twice to suppress warnings as well. stdout is still redirected if
--output is specified. Flag doesn't affect behaviour of download beyond not
printing to terminal.

Sessions

       --session SESSION_NAME_OR_PATH

              Create, or reuse and update a session.  Within  a  session,  custom  headers,  auth
              credential, as well as any cookies sent by the server persist between requests.

              Session files are stored in:

                  [HTTPIE_CONFIG_DIR]/<HOST>/<SESSION_NAME>.json.

              See the following page to find out your default HTTPIE_CONFIG_DIR:

                  https://httpie.io/docs/cli/config-file-directory

       --session-read-only SESSION_NAME_OR_PATH

              Create or read a session without updating it form the request/response exchange.

Authentication

       --auth, -a USER[:PASS] | TOKEN

              For  username/password  based  authentication  mechanisms (e.g basic auth or digest
              auth) if only the username is provided (-a username), HTTPie will  prompt  for  the
              password.

       --auth-type, -A

              The authentication mechanism to be used. Defaults to "basic".

              "basic": Basic HTTP auth

              "digest": Digest HTTP auth

              "bearer": Bearer HTTP Auth

              For finding out all available authentication types in your system, try:

              $ http --auth-type

       --ignore-netrc

              Ignore credentials from .netrc.

Network

--offline

Build the request and print it but don`t actually send it.

--proxy PROTOCOL:PROXY_URL

String mapping protocol to the URL of the proxy (e.g. http:http://foo.bar:3128).
You can specify multiple proxies with different protocols. The environment
variables $ALL_PROXY, $HTTP_PROXY, and $HTTPS_proxy are supported as well.

--follow, -F

Follow 30x Location redirects.

--max-redirects

By default, requests have a limit of 30 redirects (works with --follow).

--max-headers

The maximum number of response headers to be read before giving up (default 0,
i.e., no limit).

--timeout SECONDS

The connection timeout of the request in seconds. The default value is 0, i.e.,
there is no timeout limit. This is not a time limit on the entire response
download; rather, an error is reported if the server has not issued a response for
timeout seconds (more precisely, if no bytes have been received on the underlying
socket for timeout seconds).

--check-status

By default, HTTPie exits with 0 when no network or other fatal errors occur. This
flag instructs HTTPie to also check the HTTP status code and exit with an error if
the status indicates one.

When the server replies with a 4xx (Client Error) or 5xx (Server Error) status
code, HTTPie exits with 4 or 5 respectively. If the response is a 3xx (Redirect)
and --follow hasn't been set, then the exit status is 3. Also an error message is
written to stderr if stdout is redirected.

--path-as-is

Bypass dot segment (/../ or /./) URL squashing.

--chunked

Enable streaming via chunked transfer encoding. The Transfer-Encoding header is set
to chunked.

SSL

       --verify

              Set to "no" (or "false") to skip checking the host's SSL certificate.  Defaults  to
              "yes"  ("true").  You can also pass the path to a CA_BUNDLE file for private certs.
              (Or you can set the REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE environment variable instead.)

       --ssl

              The desired protocol version to use. This will  default  to  SSL  v2.3  which  will
              negotiate  the  highest  protocol  that  both  the  server and your installation of
              OpenSSL support. Available protocols may vary  depending  on  OpenSSL  installation
              (only the supported ones are shown here).

       --ciphers

              A string in the OpenSSL cipher list format. By default, the following is used:

              ECDHE+AESGCM:ECDHE+CHACHA20:DHE+AESGCM:DHE+CHACHA20:ECDH+AESGCM:DH+AESGCM:ECDH+AES:DH+AES:RSA+AESGCM:RSA+AES:!aNULL:!eNULL:!MD5:!DSS

       --cert

              You can specify a local cert to use as client side SSL certificate.  This file  may
              either  contain  both  private  key  and  certificate or you may specify --cert-key
              separately.

       --cert-key

              The private key to use with SSL. Only needed if --cert is given and the certificate
              file does not contain the private key.

       --cert-key-pass

              The  passphrase to be used to with the given private key. Only needed if --cert-key
              is given and the key file requires  a  passphrase.   If  not  provided,  you`ll  be
              prompted interactively.

Troubleshooting

       --ignore-stdin, -I

              Do not attempt to read stdin

       --help

              Show this help message and exit.

       --manual

              Show the full manual.

       --version

              Show version and exit.

       --traceback

              Prints the exception traceback should one occur.

       --default-scheme

              The default scheme to use if not specified in the URL.

       --debug

              Prints  the  exception  traceback  should  one  occur, as well as other information
              useful for debugging HTTPie itself and for reporting bugs.