HTTP Shell provides developers with a modern alternative to HTTP clients for interacting with APIs. Let's see it as something between a low-level command line interface, like curl or httpie, and a more user friendly GUI client, like Postman. The idea is that tools like curl are very powerful but a bit cumbersome, it is often hard for us to remember the exact syntax for each HTTP verb. HTTP Shell instead is still a command line interface, but with a much straightforward user experience.
HTTP Shell is a tool built on top of IBM's open source Kui framework.
Kui combines the power of familiar CLIs with visualizations in high-impact areas. Kui enables you to manipulate complex JSON and YAML data models, integrate disparate tooling, and provides quick access to aggregate views of operational data.
We offer prebuilt images for Windows, MacOS and Linux.
Get HTTP Shell binary from the releases download page
Find more HTTP Shell's usage information, commands and examples on RESTHeart documentation.
First step:
npm ciNext, choose your journey from the following variants:
Use these commands while developing. The first starts up the Webpack watcher. Each time you execute the second, an Electron window will open.
npm run start
npm run openAnd use one of these commands to build production clients, after which
your clients will be placed in ./dist/electron.
npm run build:electron:all
npm run build:electron:mac
npm run build:electron:linux
npm run build:electron:windowsUse this command while developing:
npm run watch:source
npm run watch:webpackThen visit http://localhost:9080. To build a production set of Webpack bundles, use this command:
npx kui-build-webpackAs soon as the shell starts, get commands usage help with:
> help http-shell
Project derived from AnimalApp Kui skeleton project