BIBiteCode_dev·Jul 10, 2021Submission
HTTP-Prompt, httpie turned into a shell
3 points · Open discussionhttpie
http-prompt
Python2016–2021
httpie / http-prompt
http-prompt
An interactive command-line HTTP and API testing client built on top of HTTPie featuring autocomplete, syntax highlighting, and more. https://twitter.com/httpie
8Distinct people
11Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
9.1KGitHub stars
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What it is
An interactive command-line HTTP and API testing client built on top of HTTPie featuring autocomplete, syntax highlighting, and more. https://twitter.com/httpie
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Where it is used
No documented product use has been verified yet.
What people are saying
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This week on Hacker News
Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 12:45:45 PM UTC.
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Mentions over time
HN mentions by year11 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2016-05-19 09:41:32 UTC to 2021-07-10 17:19:48 UTC.
Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
11 sourcesSome httpie tricks:
Use --offline to see the request but not perform it:
http --offline get google.com
GET / HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json, */*;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 5
Content-Type: application/json
Host: google.com
User-Agent: HTTPie/2.4.0
Pipe stuff to httpie to put it in the payload:
echo "Hello HN" | http --offline get google.com
GET / HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json, */*;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 13
Content-Type: application/json
Host: google.com
User-Agent: HTTPie/2.4.0
Hello HN
And use http-prompt, because it's awesome: https://github.com/httpie/http-prompt
In Show HN: Ht – HTTPie Clone in RustCan confirm; I switched to curlie a long time ago and haven't looked back.
It would be interesting to create an alternative to `http-prompt` [0], using curlie and go-prompt [1] instead of HTTPie and `prompt_toolkit` [2], respectively.
[0]: https://github.com/eliangcs/http-prompt
[1]: https://github.com/c-bata/go-prompt
[2]: https://github.com/prompt-toolkit/python-prompt-toolkit
In HTTPie – A user-friendly CLI HTTP clientSince everybody's piling on their favorite alternatives, I have to mention HTTP Prompt [1]. It's obviously in another league than Insomnia and such, but I find that it strikes a sweet spot: much more convenient than curl or HTTPie, yet not a big mouse-driven GUI tool.
[1] https://github.com/eliangcs/http-prompt
In Insomnia 3.0 – A simple and beautiful REST API clientNot strictly a 'GUI' wrapper, but there are some interactive HTTP clients, which features like autocomplete:
[1] https://github.com/eliangcs/http-prompt, built on HTTPie
[2] https://github.com/cloudhead/http-console, on Node.js
In HTTPie 0.9.6I'm the creator of HTTP Prompt (https://github.com/eliangcs/http-prompt). HTTP Prompt is HTTPie enhanced with autocomplete and syntax highlighting. This is the first time I hear about Paw, and I wonder how it compares to HTTP Prompt. Would any Paw users like to share?
In Paw – Advanced API tool for MacHTTP Prompt 0.4.0 released, now supports persistent context and user config file
4 points · Open discussionThere's also a nice auto-complete utility built on top of HTTPie:
https://github.com/eliangcs/http-prompt
In HTTPie: a CLI, cURL-like tool for humansShow HN: HTTP Prompt – An HTTP CLI with autocomplete and syntax highlighting
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