HTTPie (http/https) In-Depth Reference

Comprehensive reference for HTTPie — a command-line HTTP client designed for the API era. Covers the full CLI surface, request items syntax, authentication, sessions, output formatting, SSL/TLS, downloads, configuration, plugins, scripting, and the carapace-bin completer.

Data Flow

http [flags] [METHOD] URL [REQUEST_ITEM ...]
  → parse flags & default_options from config.json
    → resolve URL (default scheme, localhost shortcuts, path normalization)
      → build request (method, headers, body from request items)
        → apply auth (basic/digest/bearer/plugin, .netrc, session)
          → send request (proxy, SSL/TLS, redirects, timeout)
            → receive response
              → format output (pretty, style, print options, stream)
                → stdout / file (--output) / download (--download)

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