pepe / jesty

Simple http client with request specification written in plain text

jesty

REST client for text specified requests.

Generale

Jesty uses simple HTTP request specificatin, which is based on actual HTTP protocol. It is very simillar to the one emacs http-client plugin uses.

Request specification format

Just plain text file. I am using http extension so I can have filetype set in my editor.

1: # definitions <- keyword for headers (for now) definitions shared by all the specifications in this file
2: Accept: application/json <- shared header
3: <- empty line means end of definitions
4: # Patching on url <- comment means request spec start, and
5: PATCH https://my.api/products <- http verb<space>url
6: Authorization: Bearer Avsdfasdfasdf <- optional header
7: Content-Type: application/json <- more headers
8: <- empty line means end of the header and start of the optional body
9: {
10:   "price": "bambilion" <- body of the req
11: }
12: <- every request must end with empty line
13: # Patching on url with id <- another request spec start
...

See the test example in test dir.

Installation:

You need latest development version of Janet programming language installed. Then you can install jesty with jpm package manager:

[sudo] jpm install https://github.com/pepe/jesty.

Usage:

jesty < input.http will execute all the requests specified in the input.http.

jesty 5 < input.http will execute the request specified on line 5 in the input.http.

My usual tho is just to run buffer from Kakoune.