# httpie

[httpie][httpie] is an alternative to curl and wget.

## Use Cases

httpie can be used to:

- View HTTP request and response headers
- Print, with syntax highlighting, the response body of a URL
- Download any kind of content from a given URL

You should not use httpie if:

- You are working on a server that already has curl or wget available

[httpie]: https://github.com/jakubroztocil/httpie