HttpTap

HTTP testing with retry/backoff, formatted JSON diff output.

Install

npm install -g @arc2898/httptap

Usage

# Simple GET with retry
httptap tap https://api.example.com/data

# POST with JSON body
httptap tap https://api.example.com/users -m POST -b '{"name":"Test"}'

# Retry with custom delays
httptap tap https://api.example.com/data -r 5 -d 2000

# Compare two endpoints
httptap diff https://api-v1.example.com/data https://api-v2.example.com/data

# Headers
httptap tap https://api.example.com -H "Authorization:Bearer xxx,Content-Type:application/json"

Features

• Retry with exponential backoff: defaults to 3 retries, 1s initial delay
• Color-coded status: green for 2xx, red for 4xx/5xx, yellow for 3xx
• JSON body parsing: pretty-prints JSON responses
• Diff mode: compare two URLs side-by-side

License

MIT