NAME¶
httpclient - Shell command for performing HTTP requests using Ruby httpclient
SYNOPSIS¶
- httpclient <method> <uri> [params]
- httpclient
DESCRIPTION¶
This program is an example/companion to the Ruby httpclient module, but can be
used as a complete standalone HTTP client.
If invoked with a method and an URI, the specified URI will be requested via the
method given from its server. The allowed methods are
head,
get,
post,
put,
delete,
options,
propfind,
proppatch and
trace.
Parameters can be specified as a third parameter and will be delivered
accordingly (i.e. appended to the URI after a
? sign if the method is
get, but as the posted body if the method is
post)
Please note that no checks are done as to whether the requested parameters make
sense in the context they are specified, they are just sent as-is.
- $ httpclient get https://www.google.co.jp/ q=ruby
If no parameters are specified, an interactive Ruby (
irb) session will
be opened, binding an HTTPClient object as 'self'. You can then call
HTTPClient instance methods like:
- $ httpclient
- >> get "https://www.google.co.jp/", :q => :ruby
Httpclient will print the `wiredump' of your request (that is, the commands sent
to the server via HTTP), then the request's headers, and finally the result.
OPTIONS¶
AUTHOR¶
Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org>
NOTES¶
This manual page was written by Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org> for the
Debian project, but can be freely used by others.
This is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.
