The time might come when we add some JSON specific command line options

Re:The time might come when we add some JSON specific comman... by lambdaba on Thursday January 20, 2022 @01:33PM (#30012714)

Since htttpie can't do nested JSON assignments I like to use jo, like this:

  $ jo foo=$(jo bar=qux) | http example.com

Piped JSON automatically uses POST

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Re:The time might come when we add some JSON specific comman... by treesciencebot on Thursday January 20, 2022 @03:12PM (#30014087)

(HTTPie maintainer here)

You might be in luck since Nested JSON support is going to be star feature of our upcoming release. Here is a sneak peek:

$ http --offline --print=B pie.dev/post \ search[type]=client \ search[stars]:=50000 \ search[platforms][]=Web \ search[platforms][]=Desktop \ search[platforms][]=Mobile \ search[platforms][]=CLI

{ "search": { "platforms": [ "Web", "Desktop", "Mobile", "CLI" ], "stars": 50000, "type": "client" } }

We are rolling a brand-new mini-language that integrates really well with the existing request building syntax, but also features stuff like JSON type-safety and amazing error messages for basic syntax errors.

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Re:The time might come when we add some JSON specific comman... by CobrastanJorji on Thursday January 20, 2022 @03:38PM (#30014551)

That sounds great! Any chance of HTTP/2 or HTTP/3 support?

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Re:The time might come when we add some JSON specific comman... by treesciencebot on Thursday January 20, 2022 @04:28PM (#30015309)

It will probably be post 3.0, since the underlying HTTP interface we use (https://pypi.org/project/requests) does not support HTTP/2. We are currently discussing how to migrate from that to something like httpx, without causing any change of user-visible behavior.

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Re:The time might come when we add some JSON specific comman... by CGamesPlay on Thursday January 20, 2022 @01:51PM (#30012950)

This is amazing! Definitely adding to my toolbox.

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