HTTPie Has a Free API Testing Tool — And It Beats Postman for Quick Requests

Postman has become bloated. It wants to be a collaboration platform, a mock server, a documentation tool, and an API marketplace. Sometimes you just want to hit an endpoint and see what comes back. HTTPie: The API Tool That Does Less (And That's the Point) HTTPie gives you two things: A CLI that makes curl readable A free web app for testing APIs visually No account needed for the CLI. Free tier for the web app. CLI: curl, But for Humans # curl version curl -s -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer token123" \ https://api.example.com/users | python3 -m json.tool # HTTPie version http GET api.example.com/users Authorization: "Bearer token123" Same result. Half the typing. Syntax-highlighted JSON output by default. Install in 10 Seconds # macOS brew install httpie # Linux sudo apt install httpie # Python (any OS) pip install httpie Real Examples GET with query params http GET httpbin.org/get name == John age == 30 POST with JSON body http POST httpbin.org/post na