tldr/pages/common/http.md

# http

> HTTPie: HTTP client, a user-friendly cURL replacement.

- Download a URL to a file:

`http -d {{example.org}}`

- Send form-encoded data:

`http -f {{example.org}} {{name='bob'}} {{profile_picture@'bob.png'}}`

- Send JSON object:

`http {{example.org}} {{name='bob'}}`

- Specify an HTTP method:

`http {{HEAD}} {{example.org}}`

- Include an extra header:

`http {{example.org}} {{X-MyHeader:123}}`

- Pass a user name and password for server authentication:

`http -a {{username:password}} {{example.org}}`

- Specify raw request body via stdin:

`cat {{data.txt}} | http PUT {{example.org}}`
http: add 2016-02-28 10:17:45 +00:00			`# http`

			`> HTTPie: HTTP client, a user-friendly cURL replacement.`

			`- Download a URL to a file:`

			`http -d {{example.org}}`

			`- Send form-encoded data:`

Applying the snake_case convention throughout the repo (#967) * Applying the snake_case convention throughout the repo - Also removing the file extension where not needed - Adding {{ }} on a few old pages * Addressing concerns - Added {{ }} where they were missed out - Removed spaces inside {{ }} - Reverting "file" to "filename" to make it clearer * Fixing the comments on nc page 2016-07-22 21:24:06 +01:00			`http -f {{example.org}} {{name='bob'}} {{profile_picture@'bob.png'}}`
http: add 2016-02-28 10:17:45 +00:00
			`- Send JSON object:`

			`http {{example.org}} {{name='bob'}}`

			`- Specify an HTTP method:`

			`http {{HEAD}} {{example.org}}`

			`- Include an extra header:`

			`http {{example.org}} {{X-MyHeader:123}}`

			`- Pass a user name and password for server authentication:`

			`http -a {{username:password}} {{example.org}}`
http: add the missing example to HTTPie (see discussion in #808) 2016-02-29 09:47:42 +00:00
			`- Specify raw request body via stdin:`

http: Variable supplied parameters between {{}} (#1125) Missing in the last example. 2016-10-21 16:56:02 +01:00			`cat {{data.txt}} \| http PUT {{example.org}}`