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Tweak response meta docs

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- expand response meta section
- add examples
- interlink sections
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@ -1442,7 +1442,7 @@ be printed via several options:
|---------------------------:|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `--headers, -h` | Only the response headers are printed |
| `--body, -b` | Only the response body is printed |
| `--meta, -m` | Only the response metadata is printed (various metrics like total elapsed time) |
| `--meta, -m` | Only the [response metadata](#response-meta) is printed |
| `--verbose, -v` | Print the whole HTTP exchange (request and response). This option also enables `--all` (see below) |
| `--verbose --verbose, -vv` | Just like `-v`, but also include the response metadata. |
| `--print, -p` | Selects parts of the HTTP exchange |
@ -1453,13 +1453,13 @@ be printed via several options:
All the other [output options](#output-options) are under the hood just shortcuts for the more powerful `--print, -p`.
It accepts a string of characters each of which represents a specific part of the HTTP exchange:
| Character | Stands for |
|----------:|------------------|
| `H` | request headers |
| `B` | request body |
| `h` | response headers |
| `b` | response body |
| `m` | response meta |
| Character | Stands for |
|----------:|---------------------------------|
| `H` | request headers |
| `B` | request body |
| `h` | response headers |
| `b` | response body |
| `m` | [response meta](#response-meta) |
Print request and response headers:
@ -1471,7 +1471,32 @@ $ http --print=Hh PUT pie.dev/put hello=world
The response metadata section currently includes the total time elapsed. It’s the number of seconds between opening the network connection and downloading the last byte of response the body.
Please note that it also includes time spent on formatting the output, which adds a small penalty. Also, if the body is not part of the output, we don’t spend time downloading it — please see [conditional body download](#conditional-body-download).
To _only_ show the response metadata, use `--meta, -m` (analogically to `--headers, -h` and `--body, -b`):
```bash
$ http --meta pie.dev/delay/1
```
```console
Elapsed time: 1.099171542s
```
The [extra verbose `-vv` output](#extra-verbose-output) includes the meta section by default. You can also show it in combination with other parts of the exchange via [`--print=m`](#what-parts-of-the-http-exchange-should-be-printed). For example, here we print it together with the response headers:
```bash
$ http --print=hm pie.dev/get
```
```http
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Elapsed time: 0.077538375s
```
Please note that it also includes time spent on formatting the output, which adds a small penalty. Also, if the body is not part of the output, [we don’t spend time downloading it](#conditional-body-download).
If you [use `--style` with one of the Pie themes](#colors-and-formatting), you’ll see the time information color-coded (green/orange/red) based on how long the exchange took.
@ -1505,9 +1530,9 @@ Server: gunicorn/0.13.4
}
```
#### Verbosity Level: 2
#### Extra verbose output
If you run HTTPie with `-vv` or `--verbose --verbose`, then it would also display the response metadata.
If you run HTTPie with `-vv` or `--verbose --verbose`, then it would also display the [response metadata](#response-meta).
```bash
# Just like the above, but with additional columns like the total elapsed time