Use : instead of = in `--format-options

README.rst

@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ sorting, and specify a custom JSON indent size:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ http --format-options headers.sort=false,json.sort_keys=false,json.indent=2 httpbin.org/get
+    $ http --format-options headers.sort:false,json.sort_keys:false,json.indent:2 httpbin.org/get
 
 This is something you will typically store as one of the default options in your
 `config`_ file. See ``http --help`` for all the available formatting options.

httpie/cli/argtypes.py

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def parse_format_options(s: str, defaults: Optional[dict]) -> dict:
 
     >>> parse_format_options(
     ... defaults={'json': {'indent': 4, 'sort_keys': True}},
-    ... s='json.indent=2,json.sort_keys=False',
+    ... s='json.indent:2,json.sort_keys:False',
     ... )
     {'json': {'indent': 2, 'sort_keys': False}}
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ def parse_format_options(s: str, defaults: Optional[dict]) -> dict:
     options = deepcopy(defaults or {})
     for option in s.split(','):
         try:
-            path, value = option.lower().split('=')
+            path, value = option.lower().split(':')
             section, key = path.split('.')
         except ValueError:
             raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(f'invalid option {option!r}')

httpie/cli/constants.py

@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ PRETTY_STDOUT_TTY_ONLY = object()
 
 
 DEFAULT_FORMAT_OPTIONS = [
-    'headers.sort=true',
+    'headers.sort:true',
-    'json.format=true',
+    'json.format:true',
-    'json.indent=4',
+    'json.indent:4',
-    'json.sort_keys=true',
+    'json.sort_keys:true',
 ]
 
 

httpie/cli/definition.py

@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ output_processing.add_argument(
     You can specify multiple comma-separated options. For example, this modifies
     the settings to disable the sorting of JSON keys and headers:
 
-        --format-options json.sort_keys=false,headers.sort=false
+        --format-options json.sort_keys:false,headers.sort:false
 
     This is something you will typically put into your config file.
 

tests/test_output.py

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class TestFormatOptions:
         def get_headers(sort):
             return http(
                 '--offline', '--print=H',
-                '--format-options', 'headers.sort=' + sort,
+                '--format-options', 'headers.sort:' + sort,
                 'example.org', 'ZZZ:foo', 'XXX:foo',
             )
 
@@ -197,15 +197,15 @@ class TestFormatOptions:
         argvalues=[
             # @formatter:off
             (
-                'json.sort_keys=true,json.indent=4',
+                'json.sort_keys:true,json.indent:4',
                 json.dumps({'a': 0, 'b': 0}, indent=4),
             ),
             (
-                'json.sort_keys=false,json.indent=2',
+                'json.sort_keys:false,json.indent:2',
                 json.dumps({'b': 0, 'a': 0}, indent=2),
             ),
             (
-                'json.format=false',
+                'json.format:false',
                 json.dumps({'b': 0, 'a': 0}),
             ),
             # @formatter:on
@@ -223,9 +223,9 @@ class TestFormatOptions:
         argnames=['defaults', 'options_string', 'expected'],
         argvalues=[
             # @formatter:off
-            ({'foo': {'bar': 1}}, 'foo.bar=2', {'foo': {'bar': 2}}),
+            ({'foo': {'bar': 1}}, 'foo.bar:2', {'foo': {'bar': 2}}),
-            ({'foo': {'bar': True}}, 'foo.bar=false', {'foo': {'bar': False}}),
+            ({'foo': {'bar': True}}, 'foo.bar:false', {'foo': {'bar': False}}),
-            ({'foo': {'bar': 'a'}}, 'foo.bar=b', {'foo': {'bar': 'b'}}),
+            ({'foo': {'bar': 'a'}}, 'foo.bar:b', {'foo': {'bar': 'b'}}),
             # @formatter:on
         ]
     )
@@ -236,9 +236,9 @@ class TestFormatOptions:
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         argnames=['options_string', 'expected_error'],
         argvalues=[
-            ('foo=2', 'invalid option'),
+            ('foo:2', 'invalid option'),
-            ('foo.baz=2', 'invalid key'),
+            ('foo.baz:2', 'invalid key'),
-            ('foo.bar=false', 'expected int got bool'),
+            ('foo.bar:false', 'expected int got bool'),
         ]
     )
     def test_parse_format_options_errors(self, options_string, expected_error):

tests/utils.py

@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ def http(
             add_to_args.append('--timeout=3')
 
     complete_args = [program_name, *add_to_args, *args]
+    # print(' '.join(complete_args))
 
     def dump_stderr():
         stderr.seek(0)