httpgo-cli 0.1.1

A powerful HTTP CLI that supports .http files, variables, and multiple authentication methods

httpgo

A powerful HTTP command-line tool that supports .http files, inspired by httpie.

Built with Typer for a great CLI experience.

Features

• 📁 .http file support - Parse and execute requests from .http/.rest files (VS Code REST Client format)
• 🔄 Multiple requests - Execute single or all requests from a file
• 📝 Variables - Support for file variables, environment variables, and dynamic variables
• 🔐 Authentication - Basic, Bearer, API Key, and Digest authentication
• 🎨 Beautiful output - Colorized, httpie-style output with syntax highlighting
• ⚡ Fast - Built on httpx for high performance
• 🐚 Shell completion - Auto-completion for Bash, Zsh, Fish, and PowerShell

Installation

# Install with pip
pip install -e .

# Or using uv
uv pip install -e .

Usage

Running .http files

# Run first request in file
httpgo run api.http

# Run all requests
httpgo run api.http --all

# Run specific request by name
httpgo run api.http --name "Get User"

# Run specific request by index
httpgo run api.http --index 2

# With variables
httpgo run api.http -v baseUrl=http://localhost:3000 -v token=abc123

# With environment file
httpgo run api.http --env .env.local

Direct HTTP requests (httpie-style)

# GET request
httpgo get https://httpbin.org/get

# POST with JSON data
httpgo post https://httpbin.org/post name=John age:=30

# POST with form data
httpgo post https://httpbin.org/post --form name=John email=[e-mail]

# With headers
httpgo get https://api.example.com/data -H "Authorization: Bearer token123"

# With authentication
httpgo get https://api.example.com/data -a user:password
httpgo get https://api.example.com/data -a mytoken --auth-type bearer

List requests in a file

httpgo list api.http

.http File Format

# Variables
@baseUrl = https://api.example.com
@token = your-api-token

### Get all users
GET {{baseUrl}}/users
Authorization: Bearer {{token}}

### Create a user
POST {{baseUrl}}/users
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer {{token}}

{
    "name": "John Doe",
    "email": "[e-mail]"
}

### Get user by ID
GET {{baseUrl}}/users/{{$uuid}}

Variable Types

1. File Variables: Defined with @name = value
2. Environment Variables: From system environment or .env file
3. Dynamic Variables:
   • {{$uuid}} / {{$guid}} - Random UUID
   • {{$timestamp}} - Unix timestamp
   • {{$isoTimestamp}} - ISO 8601 timestamp
   • {{$randomInt}} - Random integer (0-1000)
   • {{$randomString}} - Random 10-character string

Environment Files

httpgo supports http-client.env.json (VS Code REST Client format):

{
    "$shared": {
        "apiVersion": "v1"
    },
    "dev": {
        "baseUrl": "http://localhost:3000",
        "token": "dev-token"
    },
    "prod": {
        "baseUrl": "https://api.example.com",
        "token": "prod-token"
    }
}

Output Options

# Verbose mode (show request details)
httpgo run api.http --verbose

# Quiet mode (only show response body)
httpgo run api.http --quiet

# Show only headers
httpgo run api.http --headers

# Show only body
httpgo run api.http --body

# Disable colors
httpgo run api.http --no-color

Authentication

Basic Auth

GET https://api.example.com/data
Authorization: Basic dXNlcjpwYXNz

Or via CLI:

httpgo get https://api.example.com/data -a user:password

Bearer Token

GET https://api.example.com/data
Authorization: Bearer your-token-here

Or via CLI:

httpgo get https://api.example.com/data -a your-token --auth-type bearer

API Key

GET https://api.example.com/data
X-API-Key: your-api-key

Options

Option	Description
--verbose	Show request details
--quiet, -q	Only show response body
--no-color	Disable colored output
--timeout, -t	Request timeout in seconds (default: 30)
--insecure, -k	Disable SSL verification
--env, -e	Path to .env file
--var, -v	Set variable: name=value

Shell Completion

httpgo supports auto-completion for Bash, Zsh, Fish, and PowerShell.

# Install completion for your current shell
httpgo --install-completion

# Show completion script (to customize)
httpgo --show-completion

After installing, restart your shell or source the completion script.

License

MIT