.Dd January 30, 2023
.Dt HTTP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm http
.Nd HTTP(s) request utility
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl vnsiIrhV
.Op Fl H Ar header
.Op Fl t Ar content-type
.Op Fl a Ar accept
.Ar method url
.Op Ar body
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility performs an HTTP or HTTPS request to
.Ar url
using the specified request
.Ar method
and prints the response body to the standard output.
If the standard output is a tty,
.Nm
will attempt to pretty print the response body if the
Content-Type header indicates a supported content type.
.Pp
.Ar method
may be one of \fBget\fR, \fBhead\fR, \fBpost\fR, \fBput\fR, \fBdelete\fR,
\fBoptions\fR, and \fBpatch\fR.
.Pp
If
.Ar url
is not prefixed with \fBhttp://\fR, the protocol is guessed automatically
based on whether the program was called as \fBhttp\fR or \fBhttps\fR.
If
.Ar body
is a single dash
.Pq Sq Fl ,
it is read from the standard input.
.Sh OPTIONS
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.Bl -tag -width flag
.It Fl a , Fl \-accept Ar type
Shortcut for quickly specifying the Accept header.
.It Fl h , Fl \-help
Show a brief help summary and exit.
.It Fl H , Fl \-header Ar header
Add an additional request header in the form
"\fIname\fR: \fIvalue\fR", with or without a space after the colon.
May be specified more than once.
Note: Shells usually require enclosing the argument in quotes
if the space is present, as it would otherwise interpret \fIvalue\fR
as a separate parameter.
.It Fl i , \-include\-headers
Print HTTP response headers.
.It Fl I , \-headers
Only print HTTP response headers.
.It Fl n , \-nofollow
Do not automatically follow HTTP redirects (3xx status codes).
.It Fl r , Fl \-raw
Never pretty-print the body.
This is the default if the standard output is not a tty.
.It Fl s
Print the HTTP version, status code, and status name.
.It Fl t , Fl \-content-type Ar type
Shortcut for quickly specifying the Content\-Type header.
.It Fl v
Be verbose.
This prints the HTTP version and the response's status code,
and logs every redirect.
.It Fl V
Print version information and exit.
.Sh "EXIT STATUS"
The
.Nm
utility exits 0 on success,
1 if a network error occurred or illegal arguments were supplied,
and 2 if the response was invalid or indicated a failure (4xx and 5xx status codes).
.Sh "SEE ALSO"
.Xr curl 1 ,
.Xr wget 1
.Sh BUGS
None. :)