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Show HN: A Fast HTTP Request CLI Powered by HTTL

53 points • by emykhailenko • 02/18/2025 • 17 comments • view on HN

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dhruvkb • 02/20/2025

I'm currently using Bruno, which uses its own format "Bru Lang" for storing HTTP requests as plain text[1]. The VS Code extension is great but I'd much prefer the standard backed by 30k+ stars was extended instead of a new format to introduce fragmentation in this space.

[1]: https://docs.usebruno.com/bru-lang/overview

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jihchi • 02/20/2025

It looks similar to https://hurl.dev

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JOnAgain • 02/20/2025

I feel like I'm slow reading through the docs. I really tried.

Is this just curl with a simpler syntax? This is advertising CLI integration, so what's the VSCode feature people seem excited about?

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null_deref • 02/20/2025

It looks really nice! What I found challenging is the lack of namespaces for example using two different bases or two different OpenAPI specs that may override each other or be suggested in the autocomplete in the wrong situations

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thatxliner • 02/22/2025

What about HTTPie? https://httpie.io/

anentropic • 02/20/2025

HTTL looks really nice

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