# HTTPie CLI API Testing and Debugging Client

> HTTPie is a modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client designed for testing, debugging, and interacting with APIs and HTTP servers. It provides an intuitive syntax with formatted and colorized terminal output, built-in JSON support, and session persistence.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/httpie-cli-api-testing-and-debugging-client` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/httpie-cli-api-testing-and-debugging-client`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/httpie-cli-api-testing-and-debugging-client/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Integrations & APIs
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/httpie-cli-api-testing-and-debugging-client

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# HTTPie CLI API Testing and Debugging Client

HTTPie is a modern, user-friendly command-line HTTP client designed for testing, debugging, and interacting with APIs and HTTP servers. It provides an intuitive syntax with formatted and colorized terminal output, built-in JSON support, and session persistence.

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- [![Latest version](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/httpie.svg?style=flat&label=Latest&color=%234B78E6&logo=&logoColor=white)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/httpie)

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- [Installation instructions →](https://httpie.io/docs#installation)
- [Full documentation →](https://httpie.io/docs)
- ## Features

- Source: https://github.com/httpie/cli
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/httpie/cli/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/httpie-cli-api-testing-debugging-client/)