HTTPie

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. The http & https commands allow for creating and sending arbitrary HTTP requests. They use simple and natural syntax and provide formatted and colorized output.

HTTPie features

Expressive and intuitive syntax

Formatted and colorized terminal output

Built-in JSON support

Forms and file uploads

HTTPS, proxies, and authentication

Arbitrary request data

Custom headers

Persistent sessions

wget-like downloads