hxr

A simple HTTP request CLI tool

Installation

cargo install hxr

Ensure ~/.cargo/bin is in your PATH

echo $PATH

• If needed, add it manually to your shell configuration:

export PATH="$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH"

• Run the hxr command directly from the terminal:

hxr --help

Usage

• Make a GET request to api.ipify.org
  • Returns your IP address

hxr https://api.ipify.org/

• Make a POST request

hxr -m POST https://api.example.org/ -b bodyToSend

Adding headers

With Headers

Run the command with headers:

• Adding JSON as the content type will prettify the JSON in the terminal

hxr --method GET https://httpbin.org/headers -h "content-type:application/json" -h "Authorization:Bearer token123"

Without Headers

Run a simple GET request:

hxr -m GET https://api.ipify.org/