agentskillexchange Hurl Declarative HTTP Request Runner and Tester
Hurl is a command-line tool for running and testing HTTP requests defined in plain text files. Built on libcurl, it supports chaining multiple requests, capturing values, asserting responses with JSONPath and XPath, and integrating into CI/CD pipelines — making it ideal for API testing, integration testing, and endpoint validation.
Installation
Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- $ brew install hurl
- $ cargo install --locked hurl
- $ conda install -c conda-forge hurl
- $ docker pull ghcr.io/orange-opensource/hurl:latest
Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- Docker
- Asserting JSON body response (node values, collection count etc...) with [JSONPath]:
- By default, Hurl doesn't follow redirection so each step of a redirect must be run manually and can be analysed:
Basic usage or getting-started notes:
Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl/HEAD/README.md