Hurl
Run and test HTTP requests with a plain text format
Hurl is an open-source command-line tool that runs HTTP requests defined in a simple plain text format. It is used for API testing and can be integrated into self-hosted CI pipelines.
Key features
- Plain text request files
- Built-in assertions
- CI friendly
- Chained requests
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
- Mature project with 19.1k GitHub stars
- Written in Rust
Hurl replaces
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