From 711168a899819105c2a61d132dda7a037aaf2301 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan LaFreniere <quitlahok@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 22:41:38 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] allow :port style shorthand

---
 httpie/input.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/httpie/input.py b/httpie/input.py
index 9e159948..50f2e882 100644
--- a/httpie/input.py
+++ b/httpie/input.py
@@ -138,7 +138,10 @@ class Parser(ArgumentParser):
         if not (self.args.url.startswith((HTTP, HTTPS))):
             # Default to 'https://' if invoked as `https args`.
             scheme = HTTPS if self.env.progname == 'https' else HTTP
-            self.args.url = scheme + self.args.url
+            if self.args.url.startswith(':'):
+                self.args.url = scheme + 'localhost' + self.args.url
+            else:
+                self.args.url = scheme + self.args.url
         self._process_auth()
 
         return self.args