From dbb30cc9e033cd1a8505cfd172c26571a4113958 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Noah <github.flatness700@passmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 19:53:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: default http protocol when none used in http request
 (#15804)

https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/10957

Hello, this PR proposes a solution for some requested features mentioned
in https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/10957. I personally think
these are very simple changes that bring significant quality of life
improvements.
It gives the possibility to do `http get google.com` instead of `http
get http://google.com` and `http get :8080` instead of `http get
http://localhost:8080`.
I did not address the other part of the issue (data management) as those
are more controversial.
---
 crates/nu-command/src/network/http/client.rs | 16 +++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/client.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/client.rs
index 7efbd86512..b932f734bd 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/client.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/client.rs
@@ -78,12 +78,22 @@ pub fn http_parse_url(
     span: Span,
     raw_url: Value,
 ) -> Result<(String, Url), ShellError> {
-    let requested_url = raw_url.coerce_into_string()?;
+    let mut requested_url = raw_url.coerce_into_string()?;
+    if requested_url.starts_with(':') {
+        requested_url = format!("http://localhost{}", requested_url);
+    } else if !requested_url.contains("://") {
+        requested_url = format!("http://{}", requested_url);
+    }
+
     let url = match url::Url::parse(&requested_url) {
         Ok(u) => u,
         Err(_e) => {
-            return Err(ShellError::UnsupportedInput { msg: "Incomplete or incorrect URL. Expected a full URL, e.g., https://www.example.com"
-                    .to_string(), input: format!("value: '{requested_url:?}'"), msg_span: call.head, input_span: span });
+            return Err(ShellError::UnsupportedInput {
+                msg: "Incomplete or incorrect URL. Expected a full URL, e.g., https://www.example.com".to_string(),
+                input: format!("value: '{requested_url:?}'"),
+                msg_span: call.head,
+                input_span: span
+            });
         }
     };