python:3-alpine-based dockerization of HTTPie the versatile command line HTTP client
As their site says:
HTTPie—aitch-tee-tee-pie—is a command line HTTP client with an intuitive UI, JSON support, syntax highlighting, wget-like downloads, plugins, and more. HTTPie consists of a single http command designed for painless debugging and interaction with HTTP servers, RESTful APIs, and web services, which it accomplishes by:
- Sensible defaults
- Expressive and intuitive command syntax
- Colorized and formatted terminal output
- Built-in JSON support
- Persistent sessions
- Forms and file uploads
- HTTPS, proxies, and authentication support
- Support for arbitrary request data and headers
- Wget-like downloads
- Extensions
- Linux, macOS, and Windows support
- And more…
The source code for this image is hosted on GitHub in the backplane/conex repo.
You can use a function like this, note the name is http not httpie when called.
http() {
run_flags="--rm -i"
container_flags=""
if [ -t 0 ]; then
# stdin is a terminal
# run_flags="${run_flags}" # -t can be a problem here
container_flags="--ignore-stdin"
fi
# else stdin is a pipe or some non-terminal thing
if [ -t 1 ] && [ -z "$NOFORMAT" ]; then
# stdout is a terminal
container_flags="${container_flags} --verbose --pretty=all"
else
# stdout is a pipe or something
container_flags="${container_flags} --print=b --pretty=none"
fi
# shellcheck disable=SC2086
docker run $run_flags "backplane/httpie" $container_flags "$@"
}