I had the same feelings but gave it a try .. it works great, and you can construct http(s) request more naturaly, like.. http POST example.org name=jhon pa

I had the same feelings but gave it a try .. it works great, and you can construct http(s) request more naturaly, like.. http POST example.org name=jhon pass=12345 which results in .. POST / HTTP/1.1 Accept: application/json Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, compress Content-Length: 33 Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 Host: example.com User-Agent: HTTPie/0.8.0 { "name": "jhon", "pass": "12345" } ..everything beautifully printed in nice colors thanks for sharing!