Reintroduce $ https command alias with https:// as default scheme

Close #608

.travis.yml

@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ env:
   global:
     - NEWEST_PYTHON=3.7
 python:
-  # Python 3.4 fails installing packages
-  # <https://travis-ci.org/jakubroztocil/httpie/jobs/403263566#L636>
-  # - 3.4
   - 3.5
   - 3.6
   # - 3.7  # is done in the matrix below as described in travis-ci/travis-ci#9069

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ This project adheres to `Semantic Versioning <http://semver.org/>`_.
 * Removed Python’s default limit of 100 response headers.
 * Added ``--max-headers`` to allow setting the max header limit.
 * Added ``--compress``.
+* Added ``https`` alias command with ``https://`` as the default scheme.
 
 
 `1.0.3`_ (2019-08-26)

README.rst

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ and always provides the latest version) is to use `pip`_:
 Python version
 --------------
 
-Starting with version 2.0.0 (currently under development) Python 3.x is required.
+Starting with version 2.0.0 (currently under development) Python 3.5+ is required.
 
 
 Unstable version
@@ -351,17 +351,33 @@ If the port is omitted, then port 80 is assumed.
     Host: localhost
 
 
-Custom default scheme
+Other default schemes
 ---------------------
 
-You can use the ``--default-scheme <URL_SCHEME>`` option to create
-shortcuts for other protocols than HTTP:
+When HTTPie is invoked as ``https`` then the default scheme is ``https://``
+(``$ https example.org`` will make a request to ``https://example.org``).
+
+You can also use the ``--default-scheme <URL_SCHEME>`` option to create
+shortcuts for other protocols than HTTP (possibly supported via plugins).
+Example for the `httpie-unixsocket <https://github.com/httpie/httpie-unixsocket>`_ plugin:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ alias https='http --default-scheme=https'
+    # Before
+    $ http http+unix://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/info
 
 
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    # Create an alias
+    $ alias http-unix='http --default-scheme="http+unix"'
+
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    # Now the scheme can be omitted
+    $ http-unix %2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/info
+
 Request items
 =============
 

httpie/core.py

@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def program(args, env, log_error):
             args.output_file.close()
 
 
-def main(args=sys.argv[1:], env=Environment(), custom_log_error=None):
+def main(args=sys.argv, env=Environment(), custom_log_error=None):
     """
     The main function.
 
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ def main(args=sys.argv[1:], env=Environment(), custom_log_error=None):
 
     """
     args = decode_args(args, env.stdin_encoding)
+    program_name, *args = args
     plugin_manager.load_installed_plugins()
 
     def log_error(msg, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -206,7 +207,11 @@ def main(args=sys.argv[1:], env=Environment(), custom_log_error=None):
     exit_status = ExitStatus.SUCCESS
 
     try:
-        parsed_args = parser.parse_args(args=args, env=env)
+        parsed_args = parser.parse_args(
+            args=args,
+            program_name=program_name,
+            env=env,
+        )
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         env.stderr.write('\n')
         if include_traceback:

httpie/input.py

@@ -132,13 +132,14 @@ class HTTPieArgumentParser(ArgumentParser):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         kwargs['add_help'] = False
         super(HTTPieArgumentParser, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.env = None
+        self.args = None
 
     # noinspection PyMethodOverriding
-    def parse_args(self, env, args=None, namespace=None):
-
+    def parse_args(self, env, program_name='http', args=None, namespace=None):
         self.env = env
-        self.args, no_options = super(HTTPieArgumentParser, self)\
-            .parse_known_args(args, namespace)
+        self.args, no_options = super(
+            HTTPieArgumentParser, self).parse_known_args(args, namespace)
 
         if self.args.debug:
             self.args.traceback = True
@@ -154,7 +155,10 @@ class HTTPieArgumentParser(ArgumentParser):
         if not self.args.ignore_stdin and not env.stdin_isatty:
             self._body_from_file(self.env.stdin)
         if not URL_SCHEME_RE.match(self.args.url):
-            scheme = self.args.default_scheme + "://"
+            if os.path.basename(program_name) == 'https':
+                scheme = 'https://'
+            else:
+                scheme = self.args.default_scheme + "://"
 
             # See if we're using curl style shorthand for localhost (:3000/foo)
             shorthand = re.match(r'^:(?!:)(\d*)(/?.*)$', self.args.url)

setup.py

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ setup(
     entry_points={
         'console_scripts': [
             'http = httpie.__main__:main',
+            'https = httpie.__main__:main',
         ],
     },
     extras_require=extras_require,
@@ -91,11 +92,6 @@ setup(
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
         'Programming Language :: Python',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.1',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.2',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',

tests/test_cli.py

@@ -342,6 +342,10 @@ class TestSchemes:
         with pytest.raises(InvalidSchema):
             http('bah', '--default=scheme=foo+bar-BAZ.123')
 
-    def test_default_scheme(self, httpbin_secure):
+    def test_default_scheme_option(self, httpbin_secure):
         url = '{0}:{1}'.format(httpbin_secure.host, httpbin_secure.port)
         assert HTTP_OK in http(url, '--default-scheme=https')
+
+    def test_scheme_when_invoked_as_https(self, httpbin_secure):
+        url = '{0}:{1}'.format(httpbin_secure.host, httpbin_secure.port)
+        assert HTTP_OK in http(url, program_name='https')

tests/test_errors.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def test_error(get_response):
     exc = ConnectionError('Connection aborted')
     exc.request = Request(method='GET', url='http://www.google.com')
     get_response.side_effect = exc
-    ret = main(['--ignore-stdin', 'www.google.com'], custom_log_error=error)
+    ret = main(['http', '--ignore-stdin', 'www.google.com'], custom_log_error=error)
     assert ret == ExitStatus.ERROR
     assert error_msg == (
         'ConnectionError: '
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def test_error_traceback(get_response):
     exc.request = Request(method='GET', url='http://www.google.com')
     get_response.side_effect = exc
     with raises(ConnectionError):
-        main(['--ignore-stdin', '--traceback', 'www.google.com'])
+        main(['http', '--ignore-stdin', '--traceback', 'www.google.com'])
 
 
 def test_max_headers_limit(httpbin_both):

tests/utils.py

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class ExitStatusError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-def http(*args, **kwargs):
+def http(*args, program_name='http', **kwargs):
     # noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
     """
     Run HTTPie and capture stderr/out and exit status.
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ def http(*args, **kwargs):
             add_to_args.append('--traceback')
         if not any('--timeout' in arg for arg in args_with_config_defaults):
             add_to_args.append('--timeout=3')
-    args = add_to_args + args
+
+    complete_args = [program_name, *add_to_args, *args]
 
     def dump_stderr():
         stderr.seek(0)
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ def http(*args, **kwargs):
 
     try:
         try:
-            exit_status = main(args=args, **kwargs)
+            exit_status = main(args=complete_args, **kwargs)
             if '--download' in args:
                 # Let the progress reporter thread finish.
                 time.sleep(.5)