# Hurl
> Define and run chains of HTTP requests in plain text files, capture variables and assert on status codes, headers and JSONPath or XPath results, for both fetching data and API testing in CI. Open source from Orange.
- Type: CLI
- Repository: https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl
- Page: https://hebbmind.com/ja/cli/hurl
- Stars: 19256
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- Tags: api-testing, e2e-testing, ci/cd, http
- Listed on: 2026-10-01
## Install
### Claude Code
```bash
brew install hurl
```
### Codex
```bash
brew install hurl
```
## README
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# What's Hurl?
Hurl is a command line tool that runs HTTP requests defined in a simple plain text format.
It can chain requests, capture values and evaluate queries on headers and body response. Hurl is very
versatile: it can be used for both fetching data and testing HTTP sessions.
Hurl makes it easy to work with HTML content, REST / SOAP / GraphQL APIs, or any other XML / JSON based APIs.
```hurl
# Go home and capture token
GET https://example.org
HTTP 200
[Captures]
csrf_token: xpath "string(//meta[@name='_csrf_token']/@content)"
# Do login!
POST https://example.org/login
[Form]
user: toto
password: 1234
token: {{csrf_token}}
HTTP 302
```
Chaining multiple requests is easy:
```hurl
GET https://example.org/api/health
GET https://example.org/api/step1
GET https://example.org/api/step2
GET https://example.org/api/step3
```
# Also an HTTP Test Tool
Hurl can run HTTP requests but can also be used to test HTTP responses.
Different types of queries and predicates are supported, from [XPath] and [JSONPath] on body response,
to assert on status code and response headers.
It is well adapted for REST / JSON APIs
```hurl
POST https://example.org/api/tests
{
"id": "4568",
"evaluate": true
}
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
header "X-Frame-Options" == "SAMEORIGIN"
jsonpath "$.status" == "RUNNING" # Check the status code
jsonpath "$.tests" count == 25 # Check the number of items
jsonpath "$.id" matches /\d{4}/ # Check the format of the id
```
HTML content
```hurl
GET https://example.org
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
xpath "normalize-space(//head/title)" == "Hello world!"
```
GraphQL
~~~hurl
POST https://example.org/graphql
```graphql
{
human(id: "1000") {
name
height(unit: FOOT)
}
}
```
HTTP 200
~~~
and even SOAP APIs
```hurl
POST https://example.org/InStock
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
SOAPAction: "http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"
GOOG
HTTP 200
```
Hurl can also be used to test the performance of HTTP endpoints
```hurl
GET https://example.org/api/v1/pets
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
duration < 1000 # Duration in ms
```
And check response bytes
```hurl
GET https://example.org/data.tar.gz
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
sha256 == hex,039058c6f2c0cb492c533b0a4d14ef77cc0f78abccced5287d84a1a2011cfb81;
```
Finally, Hurl is easy to integrate in CI/CD, with text, JUnit, TAP and HTML reports
# Why Hurl?
Text Format: for both devops and developers
Fast CLI: a command line for local dev and continuous integration
Single Binary: easy to install, with no runtime required
# Powered by curl
Hurl is a lightweight binary written in [Rust]. Under the hood, Hurl HTTP engine is
powered by [libcurl], one of the most powerful and reliable file transfer libraries.
With its text file format, Hurl adds syntactic sugar to run and test HTTP requests,
but it's still the [curl] that we love: __fast__, __efficient__ and __IPv6 / HTTP/3 ready__.
# Feedbacks
To support its development, [star Hurl on GitHub]!
[Feedback, suggestion, bugs or improvements] are welcome.
```hurl
POST https://hurl.dev/api/feedback
{
"name": "John Doe",
"feedback": "Hurl is awesome!"
}
HTTP 200
```
# Resources
[License]
[Blog]
[Tutorial]
[Documentation] (download [HTML], [PDF], [Markdown])
[GitHub]
# Table of Contents
* [Samples](#samples)
* [Getting Data](#getting-data)
* [HTTP Headers](#http-headers)
* [Query Params](#query-params)
* [Basic Authentication](#basic-authentication)
* [Passing Data between Requests ](#passing-data-between-requests)
* [Sending Data](#sending-data)
* [Sending HTML Form Data](#sending-html-form-data)
* [Sending Multipart Form Data](#sending-multipart-form-data)
* [Posting a JSON Body](#posting-a-json-body)
* [Templating a JSON Body](#templating-a-json-body)
* [Templating a XML Body](#templating-a-xml-body)
* [Using GraphQL Query](#using-graphql-query)
* [Using Dynamic Datas](#using-dynamic-datas)
* [Testing Response](#testing-response)
* [Testing Status Code](#testing-status-code)
* [Testing Response Headers](#testing-response-headers)
* [Testing REST APIs](#testing-rest-apis)
* [Testing HTML Response](#testing-html-response)
* [Testing Set-Cookie Attributes](#testing-set-cookie-attributes)
* [Testing Bytes Content](#testing-bytes-content)
* [SSL Certificate](#ssl-certificate)
* [Checking Full Body](#checking-full-body)
* [Testing Redirections](#testing-redirections)
* [Debug Tips](#debug-tips)
* [Verbose Mode](#verbose-mode)
* [Error Format](#error-format)
* [Output Response Body](#output-response-body)
* [Export curl Commands](#export-curl-commands)
* [Using Proxy](#using-proxy)
* [Reports](#reports)
* [HTML Report](#html-report)
* [JSON Report](#json-report)
* [JUnit Report](#junit-report)
* [TAP Report](#tap-report)
* [JSON Output](#json-output)
* [Others](#others)
* [HTTP Version](#http-version)
* [IP Address](#ip-address)
* [Polling and Retry](#polling-and-retry)
* [Delaying Requests](#delaying-requests)
* [Skipping Requests](#skipping-requests)
* [Testing Endpoint Performance](#testing-endpoint-performance)
* [Using SOAP APIs](#using-soap-apis)
* [Capturing and Using a CSRF Token](#capturing-and-using-a-csrf-token)
* [Redacting Secrets](#redacting-secrets)
* [Checking Byte Order Mark (BOM) in Response Body](#checking-byte-order-mark-bom-in-response-body)
* [AWS Signature Version 4 Requests](#aws-signature-version-4-requests)
* [Using curl Options](#using-curl-options)
* [Manual](#manual)
* [Name](#name)
* [Synopsis](#synopsis)
* [Description](#description)
* [Hurl File Format](#hurl-file-format)
* [Capturing values](#capturing-values)
* [Asserts](#asserts)
* [Configuration](#configuration)
* [All Options](#all-options)
* [HTTP options](#http-options)
* [Output options](#output-options)
* [Run options](#run-options)
* [Report options](#report-options)
* [Other options](#other-options)
* [Exit Codes](#exit-codes)
* [WWW](#www)
* [See Also](#see-also)
* [Installation](#installation)
* [Binaries Installation](#binaries-installation)
* [Linux](#linux)
* [Debian / Ubuntu](#debian--ubuntu)
* [Alpine](#alpine)
* [Arch Linux / Manjaro](#arch-linux--manjaro)
* [NixOS / Nix](#nixos--nix)
* [Guix](#guix)
* [macOS](#macos)
* [Homebrew](#homebrew)
* [MacPorts](#macports)
* [FreeBSD](#freebsd)
* [Windows](#windows)
* [Zip File](#zip-file)
* [Installer](#installer)
* [Chocolatey](#chocolatey)
* [Scoop](#scoop)
* [Windows Package Manager](#windows-package-manager)
* [Cargo](#cargo)
* [conda-forge](#conda-forge)
* [Docker](#docker)
* [npm](#npm)
* [Building From Sources](#building-from-sources)
* [Build on Linux](#build-on-linux)
* [Debian based distributions](#debian-based-distributions)
* [Fedora based distributions](#fedora-based-distributions)
* [Red Hat based distributions](#red-hat-based-distributions)
* [Arch based distributions](#arch-based-distributions)
* [Alpine based distributions](#alpine-based-distributions)
* [Build on macOS](#build-on-macos)
* [Build on Windows](#build-on-windows)
# Samples
To run a sample, edit a file with the sample content, and run Hurl:
```shell
$ vi sample.hurl
GET https://example.org
$ hurl sample.hurl
```
By default, Hurl behaves like [curl] and outputs the last HTTP response's [entry]. To have a test
oriented output, you can use [`--test` option]:
```shell
$ hurl --test sample.hurl
```
A particular response can be saved with [`[Options] section`](https://hurl.dev/docs/request.html#options):
```hurl
GET https://example.org/cats/123
[Options]
output: cat123.txt # use - to output to stdout
HTTP 200
GET https://example.org/dogs/567
HTTP 200
```
Finally, Hurl can take files as input, or directories. In the latter case, Hurl will search files with `.hurl` extension recursively.
```shell
$ hurl --test integration/*.hurl
$ hurl --test .
```
You can check [Hurl tests suite] for more samples.
## Getting Data
A simple GET:
```hurl
GET https://example.org
```
Requests can be chained:
```hurl
GET https://example.org/a
GET https://example.org/b
HEAD https://example.org/c
GET https://example.org/c
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/request.html#method)
### HTTP Headers
A simple GET with headers:
```hurl
GET https://example.org/news
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br
Connection: keep-alive
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/request.html#headers)
### Query Params
```hurl
GET https://example.org/news
[Query]
order: newest
search: something to search
count: 100
```
Or:
```hurl
GET https://example.org/news?order=newest&search=something%20to%20search&count=100
```
> With `[Query]` section, params don't need to be URL escaped.
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/request.html#query-parameters)
### Basic Authentication
```hurl
GET https://example.org/protected
[BasicAuth]
bob: secret
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/request.html#basic-authentication)
This is equivalent to construct the request with a [Authorization] header:
```hurl
# Authorization header value can be computed with `echo -n 'bob:secret' | base64`
GET https://example.org/protected
Authorization: Basic Ym9iOnNlY3JldA==
```
Basic authentication section allows per request authentication. If you want to add basic authentication to all the
requests of a Hurl file you could use [`-u/--user` option]:
```shell
$ hurl --user bob:secret login.hurl
```
[`--user`] option can also be set per request:
```hurl
GET https://example.org/login
[Options]
user: bob:secret
HTTP 200
GET https://example.org/login
[Options]
user: alice:secret
HTTP 200
```
### Passing Data between Requests
[Captures] can be used to pass data from one request to another:
```hurl
POST https://sample.org/orders
HTTP 201
[Captures]
order_id: jsonpath "$.order.id"
GET https://sample.org/orders/{{order_id}}
HTTP 200
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/capturing-response.html)
## Sending Data
### Sending HTML Form Data
```hurl
POST https://example.org/contact
[Form]
default: false
token: {{token}}
email: john.doe@rookie.org
number: 33611223344
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/request.html#form-parameters)
### Sending Multipart Form Data
```hurl
POST https://example.org/upload
[Multipart]
field1: value1
field2: file,example.txt;
# One can specify the file content type:
field3: file,example.zip; application/zip
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/request.html#multipart-form-data)
Multipart forms can also be sent with a [multiline string body]:
~~~hurl
POST https://example.org/upload
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary="boundary"
```
--boundary
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="key1"
value1
--boundary
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="upload1"; filename="data.txt"
Content-Type: text/plain
Hello World!
--boundary
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="upload2"; filename="data.html"
Content-Type: text/html
Hello World!
--boundary--
```
~~~
In that case, files have to be inlined in the Hurl file.
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/request.html#multiline-string-body)
### Posting a JSON Body
With an inline JSON:
```hurl
POST https://example.org/api/tests
{
"id": "456",
"evaluate": true
}
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/request.html#json-body)
With a local file:
```hurl
POST https://example.org/api/tests
Content-Type: application/json
file,data.json;
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/request.html#file-body)
### Templating a JSON Body
```hurl
PUT https://example.org/api/hits
Content-Type: application/json
{
"key0": "{{a_string}}",
"key1": {{a_bool}},
"key2": {{a_null}},
"key3": {{a_number}}
}
```
Variables can be initialized via command line:
```shell
$ hurl --variable a_string=apple \
--variable a_bool=true \
--variable a_null=null \
--variable a_number=42 \
test.hurl
```
Resulting in a PUT request with the following JSON body:
```
{
"key0": "apple",
"key1": true,
"key2": null,
"key3": 42
}
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/templates.html)
### Templating a XML Body
Using templates with [XML body] is not currently supported in Hurl. You can use templates in
[XML multiline string body] with variables to send a variable XML body:
~~~hurl
POST https://example.org/echo/post/xml
```xml
{{login}}{{password}}
```
~~~
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/request.html#multiline-string-body)
### Using GraphQL Query
A simple GraphQL query:
~~~hurl
POST https://example.org/starwars/graphql
```graphql
{
human(id: "1000") {
name
height(unit: FOOT)
}
}
```
~~~
A GraphQL query with variables:
~~~hurl
POST https://example.org/starwars/graphql
```graphql
query Hero($episode: Episode, $withFriends: Boolean!) {
hero(episode: $episode) {
name
friends @include(if: $withFriends) {
name
}
}
}
variables {
"episode": "JEDI",
"withFriends": false
}
```
~~~
GraphQL queries can also use [Hurl templates].
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/request.html#graphql-query)
### Using Dynamic Datas
[Functions] like `newUuid` and `newDate` can be used in templates to create dynamic datas:
A file that creates a dynamic email (i.e `0531f78f-7f87-44be-a7f2-969a1c4e6d97@test.com`):
```hurl
POST https://example.org/api/foo
{
"name": "foo",
"email": "{{newUuid}}@test.com"
}
```
A file that creates a dynamic query parameter (i.e `2024-12-02T10:35:44.461731Z`):
```hurl
GET https://example.org/api/foo
[Query]
date: {{newDate}}
HTTP 200
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/templates.html#functions)
## Testing Response
Responses are optional, everything after `HTTP` is part of the response asserts.
```hurl
# A request with (almost) no check:
GET https://foo.com
# A status code check:
GET https://foo.com
HTTP 200
# A test on response body
GET https://foo.com
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
jsonpath "$.state" == "running"
```
### Testing Status Code
```hurl
GET https://example.org/order/435
HTTP 200
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html#version-status)
```hurl
GET https://example.org/order/435
# Testing status code is in a 200-300 range
HTTP *
[Asserts]
status >= 200
status < 300
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html#status-assert)
### Testing Response Headers
Use implicit response asserts to test header values:
```hurl
GET https://example.org/index.html
HTTP 200
Set-Cookie: theme=light
Set-Cookie: sessionToken=abc123; Expires=Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:18:14 GMT
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html#headers)
Or use explicit response asserts with [predicates]:
```hurl
GET https://example.org
HTTP 302
[Asserts]
header "Location" contains "www.example.net"
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html#header-assert)
Implicit and explicit asserts can be combined:
```hurl
GET https://example.org/index.html
HTTP 200
Set-Cookie: theme=light
Set-Cookie: sessionToken=abc123; Expires=Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:18:14 GMT
[Asserts]
header "Location" contains "www.example.net"
```
### Testing REST APIs
Asserting JSON body response (node values, collection count etc...) with [JSONPath]:
```hurl
GET https://example.org/order
screencapability: low
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
jsonpath "$.validated" == true
jsonpath "$.userInfo" isObject
jsonpath "$.userInfo.firstName" == "Franck"
jsonpath "$.userInfo.lastName" == "Herbert"
jsonpath "$.hasDevice" == false
jsonpath "$.links" count == 12
jsonpath "$.state" != null
jsonpath "$.order" matches "^order-\\d{8}$"
jsonpath "$.order" matches /^order-\d{8}$/ # Alternative syntax with regex literal
jsonpath "$.id" matches /(?i)[a-z]*/ # See syntax for flags
jsonpath "$.created" isIsoDate
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html#jsonpath-assert)
### Testing HTML Response
```hurl
GET https://example.org
HTTP 200
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
[Asserts]
xpath "string(/html/head/title)" contains "Example" # Check title
xpath "count(//p)" == 2 # Check the number of p
xpath "//p" count == 2 # Similar assert for p
xpath "boolean(count(//h2))" == false # Check there is no h2
xpath "//h2" not exists # Similar assert for h2
xpath "string(//div[1])" matches /Hello.*/
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html#xpath-assert)
### Testing Set-Cookie Attributes
```hurl
GET https://example.org/home
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
cookie "JSESSIONID" == "8400BAFE2F66443613DC38AE3D9D6239"
cookie "JSESSIONID[Value]" == "8400BAFE2F66443613DC38AE3D9D6239"
cookie "JSESSIONID[Expires]" contains "Wed, 13 Jan 2021"
cookie "JSESSIONID[Secure]" exists
cookie "JSESSIONID[HttpOnly]" exists
cookie "JSESSIONID[SameSite]" == "Lax"
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html#cookie-assert)
### Testing Bytes Content
Check the SHA-256 response body hash:
```hurl
GET https://example.org/data.tar.gz
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
sha256 == hex,039058c6f2c0cb492c533b0a4d14ef77cc0f78abccced5287d84a1a2011cfb81;
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html#sha-256-assert)
### SSL Certificate
Check the properties of a SSL certificate:
```hurl
GET https://example.org
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
certificate "Subject" == "CN=example.org"
certificate "Issuer" == "C=US, O=Let's Encrypt, CN=R3"
certificate "Expire-Date" daysAfterNow > 15
certificate "Serial-Number" matches /[\da-f]+/
certificate "Subject-Alt-Name" contains "DNS:example.org"
certificate "Subject-Alt-Name" split "," count == 2
certificate "Value" startsWith "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----"
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html#ssl-certificate-assert)
### Checking Full Body
Use implicit body to test an exact JSON body match:
```hurl
GET https://example.org/api/cats/123
HTTP 200
{
"name" : "Purrsloud",
"species" : "Cat",
"favFoods" : ["wet food", "dry food", "any food"],
"birthYear" : 2016,
"photo" : "https://learnwebcode.github.io/json-example/images/cat-2.jpg"
}
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html#json-body)
Or an explicit assert file:
```hurl
GET https://example.org/index.html
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
body == file,cat.json;
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html#body-assert)
Implicit asserts supports XML body:
```hurl
GET https://example.org/api/catalog
HTTP 200
Gambardella, MatthewXML Developer's GuideComputer44.952000-10-01An in-depth look at creating applications with XML.
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html#xml-body)
Plain text:
~~~hurl
GET https://example.org/models
HTTP 200
```
Year,Make,Model,Description,Price
1997,Ford,E350,"ac, abs, moon",3000.00
1999,Chevy,"Venture ""Extended Edition""","",4900.00
1999,Chevy,"Venture ""Extended Edition, Very Large""",,5000.00
1996,Jeep,Grand Cherokee,"MUST SELL! air, moon roof, loaded",4799.00
```
~~~
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html#multiline-string-body)
One line:
```hurl
POST https://example.org/helloworld
HTTP 200
`Hello world!`
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html#oneline-string-body)
File:
```hurl
GET https://example.org
HTTP 200
file,data.bin;
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html#file-body)
### Testing Redirections
By default, Hurl doesn't follow redirection so each step of a redirect must be run manually and can be analysed:
```hurl
GET https://example.org/step1
HTTP 301
[Asserts]
header "Location" == "https://example.org/step2"
GET https://example.org/step2
HTTP 301
[Asserts]
header "Location" == "https://example.org/step3"
GET https://example.org/step3
HTTP 200
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html)
Using [`--location`] and [`--location-trusted`] (either with command line option or per request), Hurl follows
redirection and each step of the redirection can be checked.
```hurl
GET https://example.org/step1
[Options]
location: true
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
redirects count == 2
redirects nth 0 location == "https://example.org/step2"
redirects nth 1 location == "https://example.org/step3"
```
```hurl
GET https://example.org/step1
[Options]
location-trusted: true
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
redirects last location == "https://example.org/step2"
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html#redirects-assert)
## Debug Tips
### Verbose Mode
To get more info on a given request/response, use [`[Options]` section](https://hurl.dev/docs/request.html#options):
```hurl
GET https://example.org
HTTP 200
GET https://example.org/api/cats/123
[Options]
very-verbose: true
HTTP 200
```
`--verbose` and `--very-verbose` can be also used globally as command line options.
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/manual.html#very-verbose)
### Error Format
```shell
$ hurl --test --error-format long *.hurl
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/manual.html#error-format)
### Output Response Body
Use `--output` on a specific request to get the response body (`-` can be used as standard output):
```hurl
GET https://foo.com/failure
[Options]
# use - to output on standard output, foo.bin to save on disk
output: -
HTTP 200
GET https://foo.com/success
HTTP 200
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/manual.html#output)
### Export curl Commands
```shell
$ hurl ---curl /tmp/curl.txt *.hurl
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/manual.html#curl)
### Using Proxy
Use `--proxy` on a specific request or globally as command line option:
```hurl
GET https://foo.com/a
HTTP 200
GET https://foo.com/b
[Options]
proxy: localhost:8888
HTTP 200
GET https://foo.com/c
HTTP 200
```
## Reports
### HTML Report
```shell
$ hurl --test --report-html build/report/ *.hurl
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/running-tests.html#generating-report)
### JSON Report
```shell
$ hurl --test --report-json build/report/ *.hurl
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/running-tests.html#generating-report)
### JUnit Report
```shell
$ hurl --test --report-junit build/report.xml *.hurl
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/running-tests.html#generating-report)
### TAP Report
```shell
$ hurl --test --report-tap build/report.txt *.hurl
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/running-tests.html#generating-report)
### JSON Output
A structured output of running Hurl files can be obtained with [`--json` option]. Each file will produce a JSON export of the run.
```shell
$ hurl --json *.hurl
```
## Others
### HTTP Version
Testing HTTP version (HTTP/1.0, HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2 or HTTP/3) can be done using implicit asserts:
```hurl
GET https://foo.com
HTTP/3 200
GET https://bar.com
HTTP/2 200
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html#version-status)
Or explicit:
```hurl
GET https://foo.com
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
version == "3"
GET https://bar.com
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
version == "2"
version toFloat > 1.1
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html#version-assert)
### IP Address
Testing the IP address of the response, as a string. This string may be IPv6 address:
```hurl
GET https://foo.com
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
ip == "2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:733"
ip startsWith "2001"
ip isIpv6
```
### Polling and Retry
Retry request on any errors (asserts, captures, status code, runtime etc...):
```hurl
# Create a new job
POST https://api.example.org/jobs
HTTP 201
[Captures]
job_id: jsonpath "$.id"
[Asserts]
jsonpath "$.state" == "RUNNING"
# Pull job status until it is completed
GET https://api.example.org/jobs/{{job_id}}
[Options]
retry: 10 # maximum number of retry, -1 for unlimited
retry-interval: 500ms
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
jsonpath "$.state" == "COMPLETED"
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/entry.html#retry)
### Delaying Requests
Add delay for every request, or a particular request:
```hurl
# Delaying this request by 5 seconds (aka sleep)
GET https://example.org/turtle
[Options]
delay: 5s
HTTP 200
# No delay!
GET https://example.org/turtle
HTTP 200
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/manual.html#delay)
### Skipping Requests
```hurl
# a, c, d are run, b is skipped
GET https://example.org/a
GET https://example.org/b
[Options]
skip: true
GET https://example.org/c
GET https://example.org/d
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/manual.html#skip)
### Testing Endpoint Performance
```hurl
GET https://sample.org/helloworld
HTTP *
[Asserts]
duration < 1000 # Check that response time is less than one second
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html#duration-assert)
### Using SOAP APIs
```hurl
POST https://example.org/InStock
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
SOAPAction: "http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"
GOOG
HTTP 200
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/request.html#xml-body)
### Capturing and Using a CSRF Token
```hurl
GET https://example.org
HTTP 200
[Captures]
csrf_token: xpath "string(//meta[@name='_csrf_token']/@content)"
POST https://example.org/login?user=toto&password=1234
X-CSRF-TOKEN: {{csrf_token}}
HTTP 302
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/capturing-response.html#xpath-capture)
### Redacting Secrets
Using command-line for known values:
```shell
$ hurl --secret token=1234 file.hurl
```
```hurl
POST https://example.org
X-Token: {{token}}
{
"name": "Alice",
"value": 100
}
HTTP 200
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/templates.html#secrets)
Using `redact` for dynamic values:
```hurl
# Get an authorization token:
GET https://example.org/token
HTTP 200
[Captures]
token: header "X-Token" redact
# Send an authorized request:
POST https://example.org
X-Token: {{token}}
{
"name": "Alice",
"value": 100
}
HTTP 200
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/capturing-response.html#redacting-secrets)
### Checking Byte Order Mark (BOM) in Response Body
```hurl
GET https://example.org/data.bin
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
bytes startsWith hex,efbbbf;
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html#bytes-assert)
### AWS Signature Version 4 Requests
Generate signed API requests with [AWS Signature Version 4], as used by several cloud providers.
```hurl
POST https://sts.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/
[Options]
aws-sigv4: aws:amz:eu-central-1:sts
[Form]
Action: GetCallerIdentity
Version: 2011-06-15
```
The Access Key is given per [`--user`], either with command line option or within the [`[Options]`](https://hurl.dev/docs/request.html#options) section:
```hurl
POST https://sts.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/
[Options]
aws-sigv4: aws:amz:eu-central-1:sts
user: bob=secret
[Form]
Action: GetCallerIdentity
Version: 2011-06-15
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/manual.html#aws-sigv4)
### Using curl Options
curl options (for instance [`--resolve`] or [`--connect-to`]) can be used as CLI argument. In this case, they're applicable
to each request of an Hurl file.
```shell
$ hurl --resolve foo.com:8000:127.0.0.1 foo.hurl
```
Use [`[Options]` section](https://hurl.dev/docs/request.html#options) to configure a specific request:
```hurl
GET http://bar.com
HTTP 200
GET http://foo.com:8000/resolve
[Options]
resolve: foo.com:8000:127.0.0.1
HTTP 200
`Hello World!`
```
[Doc](https://hurl.dev/docs/request.html#options)
# Manual
## Name
hurl - run and test HTTP requests.
## Synopsis
**hurl** [OPTIONS] [FILES...]
**hurl** --test [OPTIONS] [FILES...]
## Description
**Hurl** is a command line tool that runs HTTP requests defined in a simple plain text format.
It can chain requests, capture values and evaluate queries on headers and body response. Hurl is very versatile, it can be used for fetching data and testing HTTP sessions: HTML content, REST / SOAP / GraphQL APIs, or any other XML / JSON based APIs.
```shell
$ hurl session.hurl
```
If no input files are specified, input is read from stdin.
```shell
$ echo GET http://httpbin.org/get | hurl
{
"args": {},
"headers": {
"Accept": "*/*",
"Accept-Encoding": "gzip",
"Content-Length": "0",
"Host": "httpbin.org",
"User-Agent": "hurl/0.99.10",
"X-Amzn-Trace-Id": "Root=1-5eedf4c7-520814d64e2f9249ea44e0"
},
"origin": "1.2.3.4",
"url": "http://httpbin.org/get"
}
```
Hurl can take files as input, or directories. In the latter case, Hurl will search files with `.hurl` extension recursively.
Output goes to stdout by default. To have output go to a file, use the [`-o, --output`](#output) option:
```shell
$ hurl -o output input.hurl
```
By default, Hurl executes all HTTP requests and outputs the response body of the last HTTP call.
To have a test oriented output, you can use [`--test`](#test) option:
```shell
$ hurl --test *.hurl
```
## Hurl File Format
The Hurl file format is fully documented in [https://hurl.dev/docs/hurl-file.html](https://hurl.dev/docs/hurl-file.html)
It consists of one or several HTTP requests
```hurl
GET http://example.org/endpoint1
GET http://example.org/endpoint2
```
### Capturing values
A value from an HTTP response can be-reused for successive HTTP requests.
A typical example occurs with CSRF tokens.
```hurl
GET https://example.org
HTTP 200
# Capture the CSRF token value from html body.
[Captures]
csrf_token: xpath "normalize-space(//meta[@name='_csrf_token']/@content)"
# Do the login !
POST https://example.org/login?user=toto&password=1234
X-CSRF-TOKEN: {{csrf_token}}
```
More information on captures can be found here [https://hurl.dev/docs/capturing-response.html](https://hurl.dev/docs/capturing-response.html)
### Asserts
The HTTP response defined in the Hurl file are used to make asserts. Responses are optional.
At the minimum, response includes assert on the HTTP status code.
```hurl
GET http://example.org
HTTP 301
```
It can also include asserts on the response headers
```hurl
GET http://example.org
HTTP 301
Location: http://www.example.org
```
Explicit asserts can be included by combining a query and a predicate
```hurl
GET http://example.org
HTTP 301
[Asserts]
xpath "string(//title)" == "301 Moved"
```
With the addition of asserts, Hurl can be used as a testing tool to run scenarios.
More information on asserts can be found here [https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html](https://hurl.dev/docs/asserting-response.html)
## Configuration
Options that exist in curl have exactly the same semantics.
Options specified on the command line are defined for every Hurl file's entry, except if they are tagged as cli-only
(can not be defined in the Hurl request `[Options]` entry)
For instance:
```shell
$ hurl --location foo.hurl
```
will follow redirection for each entry in `foo.hurl`. You can also define an option only for a particular entry with an `[Options]` section. For instance, this Hurl file:
```hurl
GET https://example.org
HTTP 301
GET https://example.org
[Options]
location: true
HTTP 200
```
will follow a redirection only for the second entry.
Hurl looks also for a configuration file at the following places `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/hurl/config` if `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME` exists,
or `$HOME/.config/hurl/config`. The configuration file is a list of options added to each Hurl run.
```shell
$ cat ~/.config/hurl/config
# Hurl config file
--header x-identifier:quux
--verbose
--delay=1s
--fail-with-body
```
Most of the options can also be defined with environment variables (like `HURL_INSECURE` for [`--insecure`](#insecure)). So, in order
to configure Hurl, there are four sources from the lowest priority (most easily overridden) to highest (overrides all others):
- Configuration file (ex: `~/.config/hurl/config`)
- Environment variables (ex: `export HURL_INSECURE=true`)
- Command-line options (ex: `hurl --insecure`)
- Options section options (ex: `insecure: true` in file)
## All Options
### HTTP options
| Option | Description |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| --aws-sigv4 <PROVIDER1[:PROVIDER2[:REGION[:SERVICE]]]> | Generate an `Authorization` header with an AWS SigV4 signature.
Use [`-u, --user`](#user) to specify Access Key Id (username) and Secret Key (password).
To use temporary session credentials (e.g. for an AWS IAM Role), add the `X-Amz-Security-Token` header containing the session token. |
| --cacert <FILE> | Specifies the certificate file for peer verification. The file may contain multiple CA certificates and must be in PEM format. Normally Hurl is built to use a default file for this, so this option is typically used to alter that default file. |
| -E, --cert <CERTIFICATE[:PASSWORD]> | Client certificate file and password.
See also [`--key`](#key). |
| --compressed | Request a compressed response using one of the algorithms br, gzip, deflate and automatically decompress the content.
Environment variables: HURL_COMPRESSED |
| --connect-timeout <SECONDS> | Maximum time in seconds that you allow Hurl's connection to take.
You can specify time units in the connect timeout expression. Set Hurl to use a connect timeout of 20 seconds with `--connect-timeout 20s` or set it to 35,000 milliseconds with `--connect-timeout 35000ms`. No spaces allowed.
See also [`-m, --max-time`](#max-time).
Environment variables: HURL_CONNECT_TIMEOUT |
| --connect-to <HOST1:PORT1:HOST2:PORT2> | For a request to the given HOST1:PORT1 pair, connect to HOST2:PORT2 instead. This option can be used several times in a command line.
See also [`--resolve`](#resolve). |
| --digest | Tell Hurl to use HTTP Digest authentication |
| -H, --header <NAME:VALUE> | Add an extra header to include in information sent. Can be used several times in a command.
Do not add newlines or carriage returns.
Environment variables: HURL_HEADER='name1:value1|name2:value2' (headers are separated by |) |
> The README is long; the above is its first 40000 characters. Full content: https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl
It is well adapted for REST / JSON APIs
```hurl
POST https://example.org/api/tests
{
"id": "4568",
"evaluate": true
}
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
header "X-Frame-Options" == "SAMEORIGIN"
jsonpath "$.status" == "RUNNING" # Check the status code
jsonpath "$.tests" count == 25 # Check the number of items
jsonpath "$.id" matches /\d{4}/ # Check the format of the id
```
HTML content
```hurl
GET https://example.org
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
xpath "normalize-space(//head/title)" == "Hello world!"
```
GraphQL
~~~hurl
POST https://example.org/graphql
```graphql
{
human(id: "1000") {
name
height(unit: FOOT)
}
}
```
HTTP 200
~~~
and even SOAP APIs
```hurl
POST https://example.org/InStock
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
SOAPAction: "http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"
