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Hurl

Run and Test HTTP Requests·hurl.dev

Open source

Hurl is a command line tool that runs HTTP requests defined in a simple plain text format. It can chain requests, capture values, and evaluate queries on headers and body responses. It is used for both fetching data and testing HTTP sessions, working with HTML content and REST/SOAP/GraphQL/XML/JSON based APIs. It is a lightweight single binary written in Rust, powered by libcurl.

What it's for

Running automated integration tests over HTTPChaining multiple HTTP requests and capturing values between themTesting REST/JSON APIsTesting SOAP APIsTesting GraphQL APIsTesting HTML content with XPathChecking response headers, status codes, and cookiesChecking SSL/TLS certificate attributesTesting HTTP performance/durationVerifying response body byte content and hashesServer-side validation and security testing (e.g. CSRF protection)CI/CD integration for HTTP testing with text, JUnit, TAP, and HTML reports

Features 19

Asserts on status code, headers, body, cookies
Captures values from responses (e.g. CSRF tokens) via XPath/JSONPath
Chains multiple requests in a single file
CI/CD integration (GitHub Action, GitLab CI/CD)
Duration/performance assertions
Generates HTML, JSON, JUnit, and TAP reports
IPv4/IPv6 assertions
Polling and retry options
Powered by libcurl HTTP engine
Response body hash checking (e.g. SHA-256)
Runs HTTP requests defined in plain text format
Single binary with no runtime required
SSL/TLS certificate attribute assertions
Supports Basic Authentication
Supports cookie storage across requests in a file
Supports Form and Multipart form data submission
Supports HTML, REST/JSON, SOAP/XML, and GraphQL APIs
Supports HTTP/1.0, 1.1, 2, and 3 version testing
XPath and JSONPath querying on responses

At a glance

open source

TypeCLI tool

DeploymentInstalled (local)

PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux

Fordevops, developers

Integrations

GitHub ActionGitLab CI/CDcurl

Resources

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