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[#]: via: (https://www.2daygeek.com/httpie-curl-wget-alternative-http-client-linux/)
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[#]: author: (Magesh Maruthamuthu https://www.2daygeek.com/author/magesh/)
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HTTPie – A Modern Command Line HTTP Client For Curl And Wget Alternative
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======
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Most of the time we use Curl Command or Wget Command for file download and other purpose.
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We had written **[best command line download manager][1]** in the past. You can navigate those articles by clicking the corresponding URLs.
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* **[aria2 – A Command Line Multi-Protocol Download Tool For Linux][2]**
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* **[Axel – A Lightweight Command Line Download Accelerator For Linux][3]**
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* **[Wget – A Standard Command Line Download Utility For Linux][4]**
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* **[curl – A Nifty Command Line Download Tool For Linux][5]**
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Today we are going to discuss about the same kind of topic. The utility name is HTTPie.
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It’s modern command line http client and best alternative for curl and wget commands.
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### What Is HTTPie?
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HTTPie (pronounced aitch-tee-tee-pie) is a command line HTTP client.
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The httpie tool is a modern command line http client which makes CLI interaction with web services.
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It provides a simple http command that allows for sending arbitrary HTTP requests using a simple and natural syntax, and displays colorized output.
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HTTPie can be used for testing, debugging, and generally interacting with HTTP servers.
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### Main Features
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* Expressive and intuitive syntax
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* Formatted and colorized terminal output
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* Built-in JSON support
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* Forms and file uploads
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* HTTPS, proxies, and authentication
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* Arbitrary request data
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* Custom headers
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* Persistent sessions
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* Wget-like downloads
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* Python 2.7 and 3.x support
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### How To Install HTTPie In Linux?
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Most Linux distributions provide a package that can be installed using the system package manager.
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For **`Fedora`** system, use **[DNF Command][6]** to install httpie.
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```
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$ sudo dnf install httpie
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```
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For **`Debian/Ubuntu`** systems, use **[APT-GET Command][7]** or **[APT Command][8]** to install httpie.
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```
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$ sudo apt install httpie
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```
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For **`Arch Linux`** based systems, use **[Pacman Command][9]** to install httpie.
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```
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$ sudo pacman -S httpie
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```
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For **`RHEL/CentOS`** systems, use **[YUM Command][10]** to install httpie.
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```
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$ sudo yum install httpie
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```
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For **`openSUSE Leap`** system, use **[Zypper Command][11]** to install httpie.
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```
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$ sudo zypper install httpie
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```
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### 1) How To Request A URL Using HTTPie?
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The basic usage of httpie is to request a website URL as an argument.
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```
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# http 2daygeek.com
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HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
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CF-RAY: 4c4a618d0c02ce6d-LHR
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Cache-Control: max-age=3600
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Connection: keep-alive
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Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 06:21:28 GMT
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Expires: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 07:21:28 GMT
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Location: https://2daygeek.com/
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Server: cloudflare
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Transfer-Encoding: chunked
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Vary: Accept-Encoding
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```
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### 2) How To Download A File Using HTTPie?
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You can download a file using HTTPie with the `--download` parameter. This is similar to wget command.
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# http --download https://www.2daygeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Anbox-Easy-Way-To-Run-Android-Apps-On-Linux.png
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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
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Accept-Ranges: bytes
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CF-Cache-Status: HIT
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CF-RAY: 4c4a65d5ca360a66-LHR
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Cache-Control: public, max-age=7200
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Connection: keep-alive
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Content-Length: 32066
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Content-Type: image/png
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Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 06:24:23 GMT
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Expect-CT: max-age=604800, report-uri="https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct"
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Expires: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 08:24:23 GMT
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Last-Modified: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 04:54:25 GMT
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Server: cloudflare
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Set-Cookie: __cfduid=dd2034b2f95ae42047e082f59f2b964f71554791063; expires=Wed, 08-Apr-20 06:24:23 GMT; path=/; domain=.2daygeek.com; HttpOnly; Secure
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Vary: Accept-Encoding
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Downloading 31.31 kB to "Anbox-Easy-Way-To-Run-Android-Apps-On-Linux.png"
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Done. 31.31 kB in 0.01187s (2.58 MB/s)
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```
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Alternatively you can save the output file with different name by using `-o` parameter.
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```
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# http --download https://www.2daygeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Anbox-Easy-Way-To-Run-Android-Apps-On-Linux.png -o Anbox-1.png
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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
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Accept-Ranges: bytes
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CF-Cache-Status: HIT
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CF-RAY: 4c4a68194daa0a66-LHR
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Cache-Control: public, max-age=7200
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Connection: keep-alive
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Content-Length: 32066
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Content-Type: image/png
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Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 06:25:56 GMT
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Expect-CT: max-age=604800, report-uri="https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct"
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Expires: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 08:25:56 GMT
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Last-Modified: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 04:54:25 GMT
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Server: cloudflare
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Set-Cookie: __cfduid=d3eea753081690f9a2d36495a74407dd71554791156; expires=Wed, 08-Apr-20 06:25:56 GMT; path=/; domain=.2daygeek.com; HttpOnly; Secure
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Vary: Accept-Encoding
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Downloading 31.31 kB to "Anbox-1.png"
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Done. 31.31 kB in 0.01551s (1.97 MB/s)
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```
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### 3) How To Resume Partial Download Using HTTPie?
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You can resume the download using HTTPie with the `-c` parameter.
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# http --download --continue https://speed.hetzner.de/100MB.bin -o 100MB.bin
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HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content
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Connection: keep-alive
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Content-Length: 100442112
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Content-Range: bytes 4415488-104857599/104857600
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Content-Type: application/octet-stream
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Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 06:32:52 GMT
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ETag: "5253f0fd-6400000"
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Last-Modified: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 11:48:13 GMT
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Server: nginx
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Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=15768000; includeSubDomains
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Downloading 100.00 MB to "100MB.bin"
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| 24.14 % 24.14 MB 1.12 MB/s 0:01:07 ETA^C
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```
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You can verify the same in the below output.
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[email protected]:/var/log# ls -lhtr 100MB.bin
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25M Apr 9 01:33 100MB.bin
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### 5) How To Upload A File Using HTTPie?
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You can upload a file using HTTPie with the `less-than symbol "<"` symbol.
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$ http https://transfer.sh < Anbox-1.png
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### 6) How To Download A File Using HTTPie With Redirect Symbol ">"?
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You can download a file using HTTPie with the `redirect ">"` symbol.
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# http https://www.2daygeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/How-To-Install-And-Enable-Flatpak-Support-On-Linux-1.png > Flatpak.png
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# ls -ltrh Flatpak.png
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 47K Apr 9 01:44 Flatpak.png
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### 7) Send a HTTP GET Method?
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You can send a HTTP GET method in the request. The GET method is used to retrieve information from the given server using a given URI.
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# http GET httpie.org
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HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
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CF-RAY: 4c4a83a3f90dcbe6-SIN
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Cache-Control: max-age=3600
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Connection: keep-alive
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Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 06:44:44 GMT
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Expires: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 07:44:44 GMT
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Location: https://httpie.org/
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Server: cloudflare
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Transfer-Encoding: chunked
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Vary: Accept-Encoding
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```
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### 8) Submit A Form?
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Use the following format to Submit a forms. A POST request is used to send data to the server, for example, customer information, file upload, etc. using HTML forms.
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# http -f POST Ubuntu18.2daygeek.com hello='World'
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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
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Accept-Ranges: bytes
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Connection: Keep-Alive
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Content-Encoding: gzip
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Content-Length: 3138
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Content-Type: text/html
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Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 06:48:12 GMT
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ETag: "2aa6-5844bf1b047fc-gzip"
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Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100
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Last-Modified: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 15:29:55 GMT
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Server: Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu)
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Vary: Accept-Encoding
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```
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Run the following command to see the request that is being sent.
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# http -v Ubuntu18.2daygeek.com
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GET / HTTP/1.1
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Accept: */*
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Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
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Connection: keep-alive
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Host: ubuntu18.2daygeek.com
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User-Agent: HTTPie/0.9.8
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hello=World
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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
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Accept-Ranges: bytes
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Connection: Keep-Alive
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Content-Encoding: gzip
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Content-Length: 3138
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Content-Type: text/html
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Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 06:48:30 GMT
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ETag: "2aa6-5844bf1b047fc-gzip"
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Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=100
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Last-Modified: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 15:29:55 GMT
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Server: Apache/2.4.29 (Ubuntu)
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Vary: Accept-Encoding
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### 9) HTTP Authentication?
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The currently supported authentication schemes are Basic and Digest
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Basic auth
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$ http -a username:password example.org
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Digest auth
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$ http -A digest -a username:password example.org
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Password prompt
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$ http -a username example.org
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via: https://www.2daygeek.com/httpie-curl-wget-alternative-http-client-linux/
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作者：[Magesh Maruthamuthu][a]
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选题：[lujun9972][b]
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[1]: https://www.2daygeek.com/best-4-command-line-download-managers-accelerators-for-linux/
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[2]: https://www.2daygeek.com/aria2-linux-command-line-download-utility-tool/
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[3]: https://www.2daygeek.com/axel-linux-command-line-download-accelerator/
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[4]: https://www.2daygeek.com/wget-linux-command-line-download-utility-tool/
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[5]: https://www.2daygeek.com/curl-linux-command-line-download-manager/
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[6]: https://www.2daygeek.com/dnf-command-examples-manage-packages-fedora-system/
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[7]: https://www.2daygeek.com/apt-get-apt-cache-command-examples-manage-packages-debian-ubuntu-systems/
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[8]: https://www.2daygeek.com/apt-command-examples-manage-packages-debian-ubuntu-systems/
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[9]: https://www.2daygeek.com/pacman-command-examples-manage-packages-arch-linux-system/
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[10]: https://www.2daygeek.com/yum-command-examples-manage-packages-rhel-centos-systems/
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[11]: https://www.2daygeek.com/zypper-command-examples-manage-packages-opensuse-system/
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