---
name: "httparty"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ruby-httparty"
version: "0.21.0-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/httparty"
---

# httparty(1)

query web services and examine the resulting output

## NAME

httparty - query web services and examine the resulting output

## DESCRIPTION

\`httparty' is a command-line tool to query query web services and examine the resulting output. By default it will output the response as a pretty-printed Ruby object (useful for grokking the structure of output). This can also be overridden to output formatted XML or JSON.

## USAGE

 httparty \[*options*\] \[*url*\]

## OPTIONS

- **-f**, **--format** \[*FORMAT*\]

  Output format to use instead of pretty-print ruby: plain, csv, json or xml

- **-a**, **--action** \[*ACTION*\]

  HTTP action: get (default), post, put, delete, head, or options

- **-d**, **--data** \[*BODY*\]

  Data to put in request body (prefix with '@' for file)

- **-H**, **--header** \[*NAME:VALUE*\]

  Additional HTTP headers in NAME:VALUE form

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  If set, print verbose output

- **-u**, **--user** \[*CREDS*\]

  Use basic authentication. Value should be user:password

- **-r**, **--response-code**

  Command fails if response code \>= 400

- **-h**, **--help**

  Show help documentation

- **--version**

  Show HTTParty version

## EXAMPLE

httparty "http://twitter.com/statuses/public\_timeline.json"