httpie

Prefer http and https over curl for human-operated HTTP work, but treat HTTPie as ephemeral infrastructure rather than ambient machine state.

Verified locally against HTTPie 3.2.4 on April 15, 2026. The guidance is repo-agnostic, but the examples assume a Unix-like shell with http, https, and mktemp on PATH.

Decision Tree

What are you trying to do?

• Call an HTTP or HTTPS endpoint from the shell and HTTPie is installed

  • Prefer http or https
  • Run it inside the disposable wrapper from references/transient.md
  • Then read references/commands.md

• Translate a curl example into something easier to read or edit

  • Translate the intent, not the flags one-for-one
  • Start with references/patterns.md