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by parmesan 3181 days ago
httpie: https://github.com/jakubroztocil/httpie (cURL for humans)

Httpie is my goto http cli for all systems. Pretty much PostMan (that a lot of ppl use for no reason) but without annoying UI and on a single line. Formats JSON and colors it right in the terminal as well. Has a super nice query, header and post body syntax. Works well with sessions and cookies.
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zimpenfish 3181 days ago
> Pretty much PostMan (that a lot of ppl use for no reason)

I can't see anywhere in the httpie docs about capturing variables from and/or running tests on the HTTP responses - it's an extremely powerful feature of Postman when you're debugging non-trivial HTTP flows.

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joshka 3180 days ago
and nor should it. If you think the unix way and use a tool that excels in that you'll find your path to success (e.g. jq).

    $ userId=$(http get https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1 | jq '.userId')
    $ http get "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users/$userId" | jq '{name,email}'
    {
      "name": "Leanne Graham",
      "email": "Sincere@april.biz"
    }
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