looks nice when you want to quickly get something up and running! i'm trying to ...

aitchnyu · 2026-05-22T07:49:32 1779436172

I used to write Python scripts with Requests or run from terminal. It has a nicer syntax, all LLMs know it, and we all used Python in the backend.

https://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/index.html

WorldMaker · 2026-05-22T16:58:59 1779469139

If you already have Python installed, I'm still a big fan of the httpie CLI [1]. It's a CLI wrapper for Requests that provides a very friendly CLI DSL.

[1] https://httpie.io/cli

ranger_danger · 2026-05-26T02:07:49 1779761269

Unfortunately it appears unmaintained, and still doesn't support HTTP/2, which is a non-starter for me.

NoSalt · 2026-05-22T16:06:19 1779465979

Oh, man, that write-up is hilarious! Hilarious and true. The KISS principle is the way to go.