http-prompt

Launch a session targeting localhost

$ http-prompt

$ http-prompt [http://example.com]

$ http-prompt [localhost:8000/api] --auth [username:password]

http-prompt [URL] [options]

http-prompt is an interactive command-line HTTP client featuring autocomplete and syntax highlighting. It provides a REPL (Read-Eval-Print Loop) environment for exploring and testing HTTP APIs.
Built on top of HTTPie, it offers an interactive way to build HTTP requests with features like tab completion for HTTP methods, headers, and previously used values. Sessions persist settings and can be resumed.
Within the prompt, you can set headers, query parameters, and body data incrementally, then execute requests with standard HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.).

--auth USER:PASS

Set HTTP basic authentication credentials

Display version information

Requires Python and HTTPie. Sessions are stored locally and persist between invocations. Not suitable for automated scripting; use HTTPie or curl for that purpose.

http-prompt was created by Chang-Hung Liang and released in 2016. It was inspired by the interactive nature of database clients and aims to provide similar convenience for HTTP API exploration.

http(1), curl(1), httpie(1)