NAME¶

httparty - query web services and examine the resulting output

DESCRIPTION¶

`httparty' is a command-line tool to query query web services and examine the resulting output. By default it will output the response as a pretty-printed Ruby object (useful for grokking the structure of output). This can also be overridden to output formatted XML or JSON.

USAGE¶

httparty [options] [url]

OPTIONS¶

-f, --format [FORMAT]

Output format to use instead of pretty-print ruby: plain, csv, json or xml

-a, --action [ACTION]

HTTP action: get (default), post, put, delete, head, or options

-d, --data [BODY]

Data to put in request body (prefix with '@' for file)

-H, --header [NAME:VALUE]

Additional HTTP headers in NAME:VALUE form

-v, --verbose

If set, print verbose output

-u, --user [CREDS]

Use basic authentication. Value should be user:password

-r, --response-code

Command fails if response code >= 400

-h, --help

Show help documentation

--version

Show HTTParty version

EXAMPLE¶

httparty "http://twitter.com/statuses/public_timeline.json"