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CLI API users lack reliable HTTP/2 and reusable request files

Some HTTPie users report that sending HTTP/2 requests depends on a plugin that is hard to install or crashes at runtime, and one user says they switched to curl. Other HTTPie users want to define and run requests from reusable `.http` files. A small CLI API client could address both needs, though the reports don’t establish how widespread or current they are.

For API developers who prefer command-line request workflows. Mentioned from Aug 2018 to Nov 2021 on GitHub.

3 different people described this problem in 2 separate discussions.

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Indie fit
3.0/10
Pain
6.0/10
Frequency
5.0/10
Willingness to pay
0.0/10
Momentum
5.0/10
Who pays
Professionals
Competition
High
Build difficulty
Medium

What people said

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  1. This old hyperframe is not available for my Arch Linux, so I cannot install hyper and thus httpie/http2 (well, I can install, but it crashes in runtime)
    max-baz on GitHub (httpie/cli)Aug 2018Asked for a tool
  2. httpie/httpie-http2 doesn't come out of the box when httpie gets installed, many people would just never know that this plugin even exists. 1. Linux distributions do not provide a package for that plugin
    max-baz on GitHub (httpie/cli)Aug 2018+80 upvotesAsked for a tool
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