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HTTPie

Terminal HTTP client with friendly syntax and colored output.

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Command-line client for APIs, with intuitive syntax, JSON by default, syntax highlighting and sessions.

When to use

To test APIs quickly in the terminal with a more readable syntax than curl's.

When to avoid

If you need shared collections and documentation, where a graphical client is better.

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