HTTPie - API测试工具的另一个选择

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### 文章目录 ###

*  HTTPie - API测试工具的另一个选择
 *   *  安装HTTPie
     *  HTTPie用法
     *  IntelliJ HTTP Client plugin
     *  小结
     *  参考文档

# HTTPie - API测试工具的另一个选择 #

可以使用HTTPie作为替代curl和Postman的API的测试工具。

## 安装HTTPie ##

MacOS上安装HTTPie：

brew install httpie

## HTTPie用法 ##

HTTPie的设计哲学是尽可能的简洁。

# help doc
    http --help
    
    # command syntax
    http [flags] [METHOD] URL [REQUEST_ITERM]
    
    # method
    # 没有发送数据时默认为GET
    http GET http://localhost:8080/coffees
    http http://localhost:8080/coffees
    
    # 有发送数据时默认为POST
    http POST http://localhost:8080/coffees id="123" name="Cafe Milk"
    http http://localhost:8080/coffees id="123" name="Cafe Milk"
    http http://localhost:8080/coffees < coffee.json
    echo '{ "id": "123", "name": "Cafe Happy" }' | http http://localhost:8080/coffees
    
    # 发送表单数据
    http -f :8080/kafka/publish message="hello"
    
    
    # URL
    # 默认以http://，也可以指定 https://
    # localhost可以缩写为':'，比如localhost:8080可以缩写为:8080，而localhost:80可以缩写为:
    http http://localhost:8080/coffees
    http :8080/coffees
    
    http http://localhost:8080/coffees id="123" name="Cafe Milk"
    http :8080/coffees id="123" name="Cafe Milk"
    
    # REQUEST_ITEM
    # 可以用key-value pair来表示HTTP headers, parameters, json data, non-string json data, file, etc.
    # 注意key和value之间除了符号，不允许有空格
    # ':' HTTP headers:
    Referer:http://httpie.org  Cookie:foo=bar  User-Agent:bacon/1.0
    # '==' URL parameters to be appended to the request URI:
    search==httpie
    # '=' Data fields to be serialized into a JSON object (with --json, -j) or form data (with --form, -f):
    name=HTTPie  language=Python  description='CLI HTTP client'
    
    # 相当于JSON
    { 
      "name": "HTTPie",
      "language": "Python",
      "description": "CLI HTTP client"
    }
    
    # ':=' Non-string JSON data fields (only with --json, -j):
    awesome:=true  amount:=42  colors:='["red", "green", "blue"]'
    
    # 相当于JSON
    { 
      "awesome": true,
      "amount": 42,
      "color": ["red", "green", "blue"]
    }
    
    # flags
    
    # Predefined Content Types
    # 数据格式
    # --json, -j，默认为JSON格式，Content-Type: application/json
    # --form, -f，表单格式，Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
    # --multipart，Content-Type: multipart/form-data
    
    # Output Options
    # 默认只输出response headers和resonse body
    # --verbose, -v 输出详细信息
    # --quiet, -q 不输出信息
    
    
    # Authentication
    # 用户认证
    # --auth USER[:PASS], -a USER[:PASS] ， 不提供密码时，HTTPie会要求输入密码
    # --auth-type {basic,digest}, -A {basic,digest}，默认认证方法为basic，也就是用户名密码认证方式
    http -a USERNAME POST https://api.github.com/repos/httpie/httpie/issues/83/comments body='HTTPie is awesome! :heart:'
    
    # Network
    # --offline, Dry run, 不发送数据到站点
    http --offline :8080/coffees id="12345" name="Cafe Holiday"
    http --offline :8080/coffees id="12345" name="Cafe Holiday" > holiday.http

## IntelliJ HTTP Client plugin ##

IntelliJ默认集成了HTTP Client插件 (基于HTTPie），可以用来作API测试。

HTTP Client插件支持编写HTTP测试脚本，也支持变量和断言，可以满足基本的API测试需要。

HTTP Client测试脚本示例：

# API Testiing
    GET { { HOST}}/coffees
    Content-Type: application/json
    Connection: keep-alive
    
    > { %
      client.test("List Coffees successfully", function() { 
            client.assert(response.status === 200, "Response status is not 200");
        });
     %}
    
    ###
    
    POST { { HOST}}/coffees
    Content-Type: application/json
    Connection: keep-alive
    
    { 
      "id": "123",
      "name": "Coffee Happy"
    }
    
    > { %
      client.test("Add Coffee successfully", function() { 
            client.assert(response.status === 200, "Response status is not 200");
        });
     %}
    
    ###

## 小结 ##

在使用命令行时，用HTTPie比curl更简单方便。

在有界面时，用Postman更为简单高效，但是不想用另外一个工具或切换另一个窗口，可以直接使用IntelliJ里集成的HTTP Client插件。

但是IntelliJ HTTP Client的测试脚本只能在IntelliJ中运行，也不能集成到CI流水线中，而Postman可以通过Newman来集成到CI流水线中。

另外如果在单元测试代码中对API进行测试，Restassured可能是更好的选择。

## 参考文档 ##

参考文档：

*  [https://httpie.io/docs][https_httpie.io_docs]
 *  [https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/testing-restful-web-services.html][https_www.jetbrains.com_help_idea_testing-restful-web-services.html]
 *  [How to test API Using Jetbrains IntelliJ HTTP Client][]
 *  [HTTP Client in PhpStorm Overview][]
 *  [HTTPie vs. Postman][]
 *  [用Rest assured作API自动化集成测试][Rest assured_API]

[https_httpie.io_docs]: https://httpie.io/docs
[https_www.jetbrains.com_help_idea_testing-restful-web-services.html]: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/testing-restful-web-services.html
[How to test API Using Jetbrains IntelliJ HTTP Client]: https://youtu.be/36jr98ibL4M
[HTTP Client in PhpStorm Overview]: https://youtu.be/n8KCuKhDSZY
[HTTPie vs. Postman]: https://stackshare.io/stackups/httpie-vs-postman
[Rest assured_API]: https://blog.csdn.net/nklinsirui/article/details/109069646