Resen

The Resen a command-line HTTP client.

Simple command-line HTTP client.

GitHub:

• https://github.com/andteki/resen.git

Why

The HTTPie command is a very good program, but it cannot be installed with the npm package manager. What we have is not a command line program.

Install

npm i -g resen

After installation, we get a res command. Check:

res --version

Using

Methods that can be used:

• get
• post
• put
• patch
• delete

Syntax

res [method] <url> [params...]

Examples

GET method:

res http://localhost:8000/employees

res localhost:8000/employees

res :8000/employees

res get localhost:8000/employees

POST method:

res post localhost:8000/employees name='Steven' city='Szeged'

PUT method:

res put localhost:8000/employees/1 name='Steven' city='Szeged'

PATCH method:

res patch localhost:8000/employees/1 name='Steven' city='Szeged'

DELETE method:

res delete localhost:8000/employees/1

Authentication

Options:

• --auth-type bearer

• --auth token

• --auth-type digest

• --auth username:password

• --auth-type basic

• --auth username:password

Supported auth types:

• bearer
• digest
• basic

Using example:

res delete localhost:8000/employees 
--auth-type bearer --auth f3a434...

Short form:

res delete localhost:8000/employees 
-A bearer -a f3a434...

Digest auhtentication example

res localhost:8000/api/employees 
--auth-type digest --auth tom:secret

Basic auhtentication example

res localhost:8000/api/employees 
--auth-type digest --auth tom:secret