.TH HTTP "1" "February 2016" "http 0.9.2" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
httpie - CLI, cURL-like tool for humans
.SH SYNOPSIS
.TP
.B http
.RI
[\-\-json] [\-\-form] [\-\-pretty {all,colors,format,none}] [\-\-style STYLE]
[\-\-print WHAT] [\-\-verbose] [\-\-headers] [\-\-body] [\-\-stream]
[\-\-output FILE] [\-\-download] [\-\-continue]
[\-\-session SESSION_NAME_OR_PATH | \-\-session\-read\-only SESSION_NAME_OR_PATH]
[\-\-auth USER[:PASS]] [\-\-auth\-type {basic,digest}]
[\-\-proxy PROTOCOL:PROXY_URL] [\-\-follow] [\-\-verify VERIFY]
[\-\-cert CERT] [\-\-cert\-key CERT_KEY] [\-\-timeout SECONDS]
[\-\-check\-status] [\-\-ignore\-stdin] [\-\-help] [\-\-version]
[\-\-traceback] [\-\-debug]
.br
[METHOD] \fIURL\fR [REQUEST_ITEM [REQUEST_ITEM ...]]

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBHTTPie\fP is a CLI HTTP utility built out of frustration with existing tools.
The goal is to make CLI interaction with HTTP-based services as human-friendly
as possible.
.PP
HTTPie does so by providing an http command that allows for issuing arbitrary
HTTP requests using a simple and natural syntax and displaying colorized responses.

.SH OPTIONS
.SS Positional Arguments
These arguments come after any flags and in the order they are listed here.
Only URL is required.
.TP
METHOD

The HTTP method to be used for the request (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, ...).
.br
This argument can be omitted in which case HTTPie will use POST if there
is some data to be sent, otherwise GET:

        \f(CW$ http example.org               # => GET\fR

        \f(CW$ http example.org hello=world   # => POST\fR

.TP
URL

The scheme defaults to 'http://' if the URL does not include one.

You can also use a shorthand for localhost

        \f(CW$ http :3000                     # => http://localhost:3000\fR

        \f(CW$ http :/foo                     # => http://localhost/foo\fR

.TP
REQUEST_ITEM

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

\fB':'\fR   HTTP headers
        Referer:http://httpie.org
        Cookie:foo=bar
        User\-Agent:bacon/1.0

\fB'=='\fR  URL parameters to be appended to the request URI
        search==httpie
        
\fB'='\fR   Data fields to be serialized into a JSON object
(with \fB\-\-json\fR, \fB\-j\fR) or form data (with \fB\-\-form\fR, \fB\-f\fR)
        name=HTTPie
        language=Python
        description='CLI HTTP client'

\fB':='\fR  Non\-string JSON data fields (only with \fB\-\-json\fR, \fB\-j\fR)
        awesome:=true
        amount:=42
        colors:='["red", "green", "blue"]'

\fB'@'\fR   Form file fields (only with \fB\-\-form\fR, \fB\-f\fR)
        cs@~/Documents/CV.pdf

\fB'=@'\fR  A data field like '=', but takes a file path and embeds its content:
        essay=@Documents/essay.txt

\fB':=@'\fR 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\e:colon=value


.SS "Predefined Content Types:"
.HP
\fB\-\-json\fR, \fB\-j\fR
.IP
(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).
.HP
\fB\-\-form\fR, \fB\-f\fR
.IP
Data items from the command line are serialized as form fields.
.IP
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.
.SS "Output Processing:"
.HP
\fB\-\-pretty\fR {all,colors,format,none}
.IP
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".
.HP
\fB\-\-style\fR STYLE, \fB\-s\fR STYLE
.IP
Output coloring style (default is "solarized"). One of:
.IP
algol, algol_nu, autumn, borland, bw, colorful, default,
emacs, friendly, fruity, igor, lovelace, manni, monokai,
murphy, native, paraiso\-dark, paraiso\-light, pastie,
perldoc, rrt, solarized, tango, trac, vim, vs, xcode
.IP
For this option 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).
.SS "Output Options:"
.HP
\fB\-\-print\fR WHAT, \fB\-p\fR WHAT
.IP
String specifying what the output should contain:
.IP
\&'H' request headers
\&'B' request body
\&'h' response headers
\&'b' response body
.IP
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.
.HP
\fB\-\-verbose\fR, \fB\-v\fR
.IP
Print the whole request as well as the response. Shortcut for \fB\-\-print\fR=\fI\,HBbh\/\fR.
.HP
\fB\-\-headers\fR, \fB\-h\fR
.IP
Print only the response headers. Shortcut for \fB\-\-print\fR=\fI\,h\/\fR.
.HP
\fB\-\-body\fR, \fB\-b\fR
.IP
Print only the response body. Shortcut for \fB\-\-print\fR=\fI\,b\/\fR.
.HP
\fB\-\-stream\fR, \fB\-S\fR
.IP
Always stream the output by line, i.e., behave like `tail \fB\-f\fR'.
.IP
Without \fB\-\-stream\fR and with \fB\-\-pretty\fR (either set or implied),
HTTPie fetches the whole response before it outputs the processed data.
.IP
Set this option when you want to continuously display a prettified
long\-lived response, such as one from the Twitter streaming API.
.IP
It is useful also without \fB\-\-pretty\fR: It ensures that the output is flushed
more often and in smaller chunks.
.HP
\fB\-\-output\fR FILE, \fB\-o\fR FILE
.IP
Save output to FILE. If \fB\-\-download\fR is set, then only the response body is
saved to the file. Other parts of the HTTP exchange are printed to stderr.
.HP
\fB\-\-download\fR, \fB\-d\fR
.IP
Do not print the response body to stdout. Rather, download it and store it
in a file. The filename is guessed unless specified with \fB\-\-output\fR
[filename]. This action is similar to the default behaviour of wget.
.HP
\fB\-\-continue\fR, \fB\-c\fR
.IP
Resume an interrupted download. Note that the \fB\-\-output\fR option needs to be
specified as well.
.SS "Sessions:"
.HP
\fB\-\-session\fR SESSION_NAME_OR_PATH
.IP
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.
.IP
Session files are stored in:
.IP
/home/gaetano/.httpie/sessions/<HOST>/<SESSION_NAME>.json.
.HP
\fB\-\-session\-read\-only\fR SESSION_NAME_OR_PATH
.IP
Create or read a session without updating it form the request/response
exchange.
.SS "Authentication:"
.HP
\fB\-\-auth\fR USER[:PASS], \fB\-a\fR USER[:PASS]
.IP
If only the username is provided (\fB\-a\fR username), HTTPie will prompt
for the password.
.HP
\fB\-\-auth\-type\fR {basic,digest}
.IP
The authentication mechanism to be used. Defaults to "basic".
.IP
"basic": Basic HTTP auth
"digest": Digest HTTP auth
.SS "Network:"
.HP
\fB\-\-proxy\fR PROTOCOL:PROXY_URL
.IP
String mapping protocol to the URL of the proxy
(e.g. http:http://foo.bar:3128). You can specify multiple proxies with
different protocols.
.HP
\fB\-\-follow\fR
.IP
Set this flag if full redirects are allowed (e.g. re\-POST\-ing of data at
new Location).
.HP
\fB\-\-verify\fR VERIFY
.IP
Set to "no" to skip checking the host's SSL certificate. You can also pass
the path to a CA_BUNDLE file for private certs. You can also set the
REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE environment variable. Defaults to "yes".
.HP
\fB\-\-cert\fR CERT
.IP
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 \fB\-\-cert\-key\fR separately.
.HP
\fB\-\-cert\-key\fR CERT_KEY
.IP
The private key to use with SSL. Only needed if \fB\-\-cert\fR is given and the
certificate file does not contain the private key.
.HP
\fB\-\-timeout\fR SECONDS
.IP
The connection timeout of the request in seconds. The default value is
30 seconds.
.HP
\fB\-\-check\-status\fR
.IP
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.
.IP
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 \fB\-\-follow\fR hasn't been set, then the exit status is 3.
Also an error message is written to stderr if stdout is redirected.
.SS "Troubleshooting:"
.HP
\fB\-\-ignore\-stdin\fR
.IP
Do not attempt to read stdin.
.HP
\fB\-\-help\fR
.IP
Show this help message and exit.
.HP
\fB\-\-version\fR
.IP
Show version and exit.
.HP
\fB\-\-traceback\fR
.IP
Prints exception traceback should one occur.
.HP
\fB\-\-debug\fR
.IP
Prints exception traceback should one occur, and also other information
that is useful for debugging HTTPie itself and for reporting bugs.
.PP
For every \fB\-\-OPTION\fR there is also a \fB\-\-no\-OPTION\fR that reverts OPTION
to its default value.

.SH REPORTING BUGS
Suggestions and bug reports are greatly appreciated: <https://github.com/jakubroztocil/httpie/issues>

.SH AUTHOR
httpie was written by Jakub Roztocil <jakub@roztocil.name>.
.PP
This manual page was written for the Debian project (and may be used by others).