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

       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.

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