crul

This is a fork of the original crul by Sergio Gil:

Crul is a curl replacement, that is, it's a command line HTTP client. It has fewer features and options, but it aims to be more user friendly. It's heavily inspired by httpie. It's written in the Crystal language.

Installation

TODO: Write installation instructions here

Usage

Usage: crul [method] URL [options]

HTTP methods (default: GET):
    get, GET                         Use GET
    post, POST                       Use POST
    put, PUT                         Use PUT
    delete, DELETE                   Use DELETE

HTTP options:
    -d DATA, --data DATA             Request body
    -d @file, --data @file           Request body (read from file)
    -H HEADER, --header HEADER       Set header
    -a USER:PASS, --auth USER:PASS   Basic auth
    -c FILE, --cookies FILE          Use FILE as cookie store (reads and writes)

Response formats (default: autodetect):
    -j, --json                       Format response as JSON
    -x, --xml                        Format response as XML
    -p, --plain                      Format response as plain text

Other options:
    -h, --help                       Show this help
    -V, --version                    Display version

Examples

GET request

$ crul http://httpbin.org/get?a=b
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 07:57:33 GMT
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 179
Connection: keep-alive
Access-control-allow-origin: *
Access-control-allow-credentials: true

{
  "args": {
    "a": "b"
  },
  "headers": {
    "Content-Length": "0",
    "Host": "httpbin.org"
  },
  "origin": "188.103.25.204",
  "url": "http://httpbin.org/get?a=b"
}

PUT request

$ crul put http://httpbin.org/put -d '{"a":"b"}' -H Content-Type:application/json
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 07:58:54 GMT
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 290
Connection: keep-alive
Access-control-allow-origin: *
Access-control-allow-credentials: true

{
  "args": {},
  "data": "{\"a\":\"b\"}",
  "files": {},
  "form": {},
  "headers": {
    "Content-Length": "9",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Host": "httpbin.org"
  },
  "json": {
    "a": "b"
  },
  "origin": "188.103.25.204",
  "url": "http://httpbin.org/put"
}

Development

TODO: Write development instructions here

Roadmap

• Continue from where the original repo left off
• Implement new features

Contributing

1. Fork it (https://github.com/your-github-user/crul/fork)
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request

Contributors

• Sergio Gil - author
• Agustin Arce - maintainer