# xh > Friendly and fast tool for sending HTTP requests. > Note: `xh`, written in rust, serves as an effective drop-in replacement for `http`. > See also: `http`, `curl`. > More information: . - Send a GET request: `xh {{httpbin.org/get}}` - Send a POST request with a JSON body (key-value pairs are added to a top-level JSON object - e.g. `{"name": "john", "age": 25}`): `xh post {{httpbin.org/post}} {{name=john}} {{age:=25}}` - Send a GET request with query parameters (e.g. `first_param=5&second_param=true`): `xh get {{httpbin.org/get}} {{first_param==5}} {{second_param==true}}` - Send a GET request with a custom header: `xh get {{httpbin.org/get}} {{header-name:header-value}}` - Make a GET request and save the response body to a file: `xh --download {{httpbin.org/json}} --output {{path/to/file}}` - Show equivalent `curl` command (this will not send any request): `xh --{{curl|curl-long}} {{--follow --verbose get http://example.com user-agent:curl}}`