Posting

posting Plugin

posting — TUI HTTP client for exploring and testing APIs from the terminal. A keyboard-driven interface with request collections, environment variables, and syntax-highlighted responses.

Commands

Interface

• posting ui open — Open the posting TUI interface

Utility

• posting _ _ — Passthrough to posting CLI

Usage Examples

• "Open the API client"
• "Test this REST endpoint interactively"
• "Open posting with my collection"
• "Make HTTP requests from the terminal"

Installation

pipx install posting

Or via pip:

pip install posting

Requires Python 3.11+.

Examples

# Open posting TUI
posting ui open

# Open with a specific collection
posting ui open --collection ./my-api-collection

# Load environment variables
posting ui open --env .env.local

# Open with collection and env
posting ui open --collection ./apis --env production.env

# Any posting command with passthrough
posting _ _ --help
posting _ _ --version

Key Features

• TUI interface — Full-featured terminal UI built with Textual
• Collections — Organize requests in YAML files and directories
• Environments — Switch between environments with .env files
• Syntax highlighting — Colored JSON, XML, and HTML responses
• Keyboard driven — Navigate entirely with keyboard shortcuts
• Variables — Reference env vars in URLs, headers, and bodies
• Methods — GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
• Auth — Bearer token, Basic auth, and custom headers

Notes

• Collections are stored as human-readable YAML files
• Each request is a .yaml file inside the collection directory
• Supports dotenv-style environment files
• Responses include headers, status, and formatted body
• Great alternative to Postman or Insomnia for terminal users