dotnet-HTTPie

Intro

dotnet tool version of httpie, Modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client for the API era.

HTTPie (pronounced aitch-tee-tee-pie) is a command-line HTTP client. Its goal is to make CLI interaction with web services as human-friendly as possible. HTTPie is designed for testing, debugging, and generally interacting with APIs & HTTP servers.

Install

Install .NET SDK before you get started with this tool, when you had .NET SDK installed, run the command below to install the latest stable version tool

dotnet tool update --global dotnet-httpie

For latest preview version, run the following command instead:

dotnet tool update --global dotnet-httpie --prerelease

GetStarted

Now you can use the tool to call your API you want

Usages:

dotnet-http [flags] [METHOD] URL [ITEM [ITEM]]

There're three types of item

Here's a sample:

More examples you may wanna have a look

dotnet-http :5000/api/values
dotnet-http localhost:5000/api/values
dotnet-http get https://reservation.weihanli.xyz/api/notice --body
dotnet-http /api/notice title=test body=test-body
dotnet-http post http://localhost/api/notice title=test body=test-body

Docker

There's a docker image(weihanli/dotnet-httpie) that you could use directly without installing the tool, use sample:

docker run --rm --pull=always weihanli/dotnet-httpie:latest http -v github.com

docker run --rm --pull=always weihanli/dotnet-httpie:latest http reservation.weihanli.xyz/health job:='{"id":1,"name":"tester"}' --offline

docker run --rm --pull=always weihanli/dotnet-httpie:latest http PUT httpbin.org hello=world

docker run --rm --pull=always weihanli/dotnet-httpie:latest http get httpbin.org/status/400

More

For detailed document: have a look at HTTPie documents https://httpie.io/docs#examples

References

• httpie: https://github.com/httpie/httpie
• httpie docs: https://httpie.io/docs
• Curl to HTTPie request tool: https://curlipie.now.sh/