HTTPie CLI

HTTPie (http / https) is a human-friendly CLI HTTP client. It defaults to colorized, formatted output and expressive shorthand syntax.

Synopsis

http [flags] [METHOD] URL [ITEM ...]
https [flags] [METHOD] URL [ITEM ...]

https is identical to http but defaults the scheme to https://.

Method defaults

Omit METHOD and HTTPie infers it:

• No body → GET
• Body present → POST