diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 9e271d83..97ca016b 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ HTTPie: a CLI, cURL-like tool for humans **************************************** -HTTPie (pronounced *aitch-tee-tee-pie*) is a **command line HTTP client**. -Its goal is to make CLI interaction with web services as **human-friendly** +HTTPie (pronounced *aitch-tee-tee-pie*) is a **command line HTTP client**. +Its goal is to make CLI interaction with web services as **human-friendly** as possible. It provides a simple ``http`` command that allows for sending arbitrary HTTP requests using a simple and natural syntax, and displays colorized output. HTTPie can be used for **testing, debugging**, and @@ -1010,20 +1010,17 @@ is being saved to a file. .. code-block:: bash - $ http --download https://github.com/jkbrzt/httpie/tarball/master + $ http --download https://github.com/jkbrzt/httpie/archive/master.tar.gz .. code-block:: http HTTP/1.1 200 OK - Connection: keep-alive - Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=jkbrzt-httpie-0.4.1-33-gfc4f70a.tar.gz - Content-Length: 505530 + Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=httpie-master.tar.gz + Content-Length: 257336 Content-Type: application/x-gzip - Server: GitHub.com - Vary: Accept-Encoding - Downloading 494.89 kB to "jkbrzt-httpie-0.4.1-33-gfc4f70a.tar.gz" - / 21.01% 104.00 kB 47.55 kB/s 0:00:08 ETA + Downloading 251.30 kB to "httpie-master.tar.gz" + Done. 251.30 kB in 2.73862s (91.76 kB/s) If not provided via ``--output, -o``, the output filename will be determined @@ -1036,7 +1033,7 @@ headers and progress are still shown in the terminal: .. code-block:: bash - $ http -d https://github.com/jkbrzt/httpie/tarball/master | tar zxf - + $ http -d https://github.com/jkbrzt/httpie/archive/master.tar.gz | tar zxf - If ``--output, -o`` is specified, you can resume a partial download using the