HTTP Convert

A powerful CLI tool and web interface that converts HTTP requests between different formats (cURL, HTTPie, fetch, and axios).

Features

• Bidirectional Format Conversion - Convert HTTP requests between cURL, HTTPie, fetch, and axios formats
• Interactive CLI Mode - Step-by-step wizard for building HTTP requests
• Syntax Highlighting - Colorized output for better readability
• Web Interface - Browser-based visual request construction tool
• Configuration Support - Store your preferences in a config file

Installation

From Source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/http-convert.git
cd http-convert

# Install dependencies
pip install -e .

# Or install with dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

Using pip

pip install http-convert

Usage

Command Line Interface

Convert a request

# Auto-detect input format
http-convert "curl 'https://api.example.com/users'" --to fetch

# Specify input format explicitly
http-convert "curl 'https://api.example.com/users'" --from curl --to httpie

Interactive Mode

http-convert interactive

This launches an interactive wizard to build HTTP requests step by step.

List Supported Formats

http-convert formats

Configuration

# Show current configuration
http-convert config --show

# Set default output format
http-convert config --set-format httpie

# Toggle syntax highlighting
http-convert config --toggle-highlight

# Toggle compact output
http-convert config --toggle-compact

# Reset to defaults
http-convert config --reset

Web Interface

# Start web interface (opens browser automatically)
http-convert web

# Custom host and port
http-convert web --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080

Options

Option	Description
--from, -f	Input format (auto-detected if not specified)
--to, -t	Output format (required)
--compact/--no-compact	Compact output without line breaks
--highlight/--no-highlight	Enable/disable syntax highlighting
--config, -c	Path to config file

Supported Formats

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.example.com/users' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"name": "John"}'

HTTPie

POST https://api.example.com/users \
  Content-Type:application/json \
  '{"name": "John"}'

Fetch

fetch('https://api.example.com/users', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({"name": "John"})
})

Axios

axios({
  method: 'POST',
  url: 'https://api.example.com/users',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  data: {
    "name": "John"
  }
})

Configuration File

The default configuration file is located at ~/.http-convert.yaml. You can also specify a custom config file using the --config option.

Example Configuration

default_format: curl
syntax_highlighting: true
compact_output: false
theme: monokai

Interactive Mode

The interactive mode guides you through building an HTTP request:

1. Select HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE)
2. Enter the URL
3. Optionally add headers
4. Optionally add query parameters
5. Optionally add request body
6. Preview your request
7. Generate output in your chosen format
8. Convert to another format if needed

Web Interface

The web interface provides:

• Visual request builder with form inputs
• Live preview of generated code
• Tabbed output for different formats
• Quick example templates
• Copy to clipboard functionality
• Parse existing requests from any supported format

Development

Running Tests

# Run all tests
pytest tests/ -v

# Run with coverage
pytest tests/ --cov=src/http_convert

Project Structure

http-convert/
├── src/http_convert/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── cli.py           # Click CLI commands
│   ├── models.py        # Pydantic models
│   ├── parsers.py       # Format parsers
│   ├── generators.py    # Format generators
│   ├── highlighter.py   # Syntax highlighting
│   ├── config.py        # Configuration management
│   └── web.py           # FastAPI web app
├── tests/
│   ├── test_models.py
│   ├── test_parsers.py
│   ├── test_generators.py
│   ├── test_cli.py
│   └── test_web.py
├── pyproject.toml
├── requirements.txt
└── README.md

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• Click - CLI framework
• Rich - Terminal formatting
• Pydantic - Data validation
• FastAPI - Web framework