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## HTTPie: cURL for humans
HTTPie is a CLI frontend for [python-requests](python-requests.org).
HTTPie is a CLI frontend for [python-requests](http://python-requests.org).
### Installation
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httpie [flags] METHOD [header:value data-field-name=value]* URL
The default request `Content-Type` in `application/json` and data fields are automatically serialized as a JSON `Object`:
The default request `Content-Type` in `application/json` and data fields are automatically serialized as a JSON `Object`, so this:
httpie PATCH name=John api.example.com/person/1
httpie PATCH X-API-Token:123 name=John api.example.com/person/1
That will issue the following request:
Will issue the following request:
PATCH /person/1 HTTP/1.1
User-Agent: HTTPie/0.1
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Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
{"name": "John"}
You can use the `--form` flag to set `Content-Type` and serialize the data as `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`.
The data to be sent can also be passed via `stdin`:
httpie PUT X-API-Token:123 api.example.com/person/1 < person.json
The flags mirror many of the arguments you would use with `requests.request`. See `httpie -h` for more details.
Most of the flags mirror the arguments you would use with `requests.request`. See `httpie -h` for more details.
### Screenshot