---
name: "ofhttp"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ofhttp"
version: "1.3-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ofhttp"
---

# ofhttp(1)

perform HTTP and HTTPS requests and download files

## NAME

ofhttp - perform HTTP and HTTPS requests and download files

## SYNOPSIS

**ofhttp** \[**options**\] *ri1* \[*iri2* ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

**ofhttp** is a program to perform HTTP and HTTPS requests and download files.

## OPTIONS

- **-b** ***file***, **--body=*file***

  Specify the file to send as body (**-** for standard input).

- **-c**, **--continue**

  Continue download of existing file.

- **-f**, **--force**

  Force / overwrite existing file.

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

  Show the help.

- **-H** ***header***, **--header=*header***

  Add a header (e.g. **X-Foo:Bar**).

- **-m** ***method***, **--method=*method***

  Set the method of the HTTP request.

- **-o** ***file***, **--output=*file***

  Specify the output file name.

- **-O**, **--detect-filename**

  Do a HEAD request to detect the file name.

- **-P** ***proxy***, **--proxy=*proxy***

  Sepcify SOCKS5 proxy.

- **-q**, **--quiet**

  Quiet mode (no output, except errors).

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

  Verbose mode (print headers).

- **--insecure**

  Ignore TLS errors and allow insecure redirects.

- **--ignore-status**

  Ignore HTTP status code.

## EXAMPLES

Download **https://example.com/testfile.bin**:

	ofhttp https://example.com/testfile.bin

Download **https://example.com/testfile.bin** via Tor:

	ofhttp -P 127.0.0.1:9050 https://example.com/testfile.bin

Send a **POST** request to an endpoint expecting JSON and only print the response:

	echo '{"a":"b"}' \| ofhttp -mPOST -b- -qo- https://example.com/json