Ht
Dev tools
http client cli
SHOW HN2021
251points
96comments
#147of 2,533 in 2021
Top 6%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
16 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 7 critical, out of 32 comments about the project. Thread score +0.28.
Performance: 4 for, 4 againstExecution: 5 for, 0 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Much faster startup than httpie
From 3 comments
Why use something slower when an equivalent faster tool is available? There's definitely a noticeable delay on my machine with starting up the python interpreter. Enough that it…
thallada on HNIt definitely is. ``` % hyperfine 'http get EXAMPLE.COM' 'ht get EXAMPLE.COM' -w 10 -r 100 Benchmark #1: http get EXAMPLE.COM Time (mean ± σ): 200.8 ms ± 7.4 ms [User: 178.9 ms,…
iruoy on HNThank you so much for doing this! I can feel the slow startup time of httpie every time I use it. ht has made it disappear! For users of Arch Linux, I submitted an AUR package:…
nitsky on HN
Rustls avoids system TLS libraries
From 1 comment
I think the biggest value of this vs httpie is that it doesn't use the system TLS libraries (openssl/gnutls/whatever) but instead uses rustls. Less attack surface, though…
hlieberman on HN
Easy to install as a single binary
From 2 comments
Nice work! As shared down-thread, I really loved and wanted to use `httpie` but the non-trivial amount of startup has put me off. Very happy that you made a Rust alternative…
pdimitar on HNVery nice work, seems really fast! Since it’s written in Rust, do you plan to release a Windows version ? HTTPie requires Python so Ht could have another advantage being easier…
jicea on HN
Objections
Name clashes with TeXlive's ht binary
From 1 comment
Very nice! httpie is my favorite HTTP client, and it's always nice if command line tools run a bit faster. Unfortunately the name clashes with a binary that's part of TeXlive: $…
dbrgn on HN
Name misuses HT (HyperText) for a transfer protocol tool
From 1 comment
Hate to be that guy, but it's a bit weird to pick the HT part of HTTP, which stands for HyperText, when the tool only deals with the Transfer Protocol.
remram on HN
Performance gain is mostly Python startup, not request speed
From 2 comments
cpython startup time might account for a good fraction of that
bpicolo on HNFWIW as a developer whose worked in both interpreted and compiled languages (but not Python) it's obvious to me that the compiled version will be faster, but it's not obvious…
Volundr on HN
Requests
Add HEAD method support
From 1 comment
Nice work, saw this referenced on another Show HN recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25939042 Adding HEAD as one of the methods would be welcome so we could get…
tyingq on HN
Document the -p switch in the README
From 1 comment
Nice work, saw this referenced on another Show HN recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25939042 Adding HEAD as one of the methods would be welcome so we could get…
tyingq on HN
Dark-terminal-friendly style for white backgrounds
From 1 comment
Really nice. It needs a style that is suitable for a terminal with white background though.
donaldihunter on HN
Questions
Why performance matters for a CLI test tool
From 1 comment
Why do you need more performance from a CLI test tool? I'm honestly curious. It's basically curl (fast) plus simpler and easier interface and pretty printers. For performance in…
inshadows on HN
Is the compiled version faster
From 1 comment
Compiled vs interpreted -- is it faster?
johnhenry on HN
Alternatives named
httpie
From 2 comments
Nice work, saw this referenced on another Show HN recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25939042 Adding HEAD as one of the methods would be welcome so we could get…
tyingq on HNSome httpie tricks: Use --offline to see the request but not perform it: ``` http --offline get google.com GET / HTTP/1.1 Accept: application/json, */*;q=0.5 Accept-Encoding:…
BiteCode_dev on HN
curl
From 2 comments
It adds up. I once tried to scrape an internal company website / API because we had no PDF exports and wanted to download + export to PDF, with `httpie`. It's an amazing tool but…
pdimitar on HNWhy don't you use cURL then? cURL is written in C, which sure is teh performance you're looking for.
inshadows on HN
curlie
From 1 comment
This is great! I've also come to really like curlie (https://curlie.io/). It is written in in Go and provides an `httpie` like interface with `curl` like performance.
flitzofolov on HN
hurl
From 1 comment
Very nice work, seems really fast! Since it’s written in Rust, do you plan to release a Windows version ? HTTPie requires Python so Ht could have another advantage being easier…
jicea on HN