A CLI HTTP client that shows cat images based on status codes 🐱
Send HTTP requests and get adorable cat images from http.cat displayed right in your terminal based on the response status code.
cargo install httpcatgit clone https://github.com/Justhiro55/httpcat
cd httpcat
cargo install --path .$ httpcat https://example.com
🌐 Requesting: https://example.com
⏳ Loading...
✅ 200 OK
🐱 Here's your cat:
[cat image displayed in terminal]
⏱️ Response time: 234ms$ httpcat https://example.com/notfound
🌐 Requesting: https://example.com/notfound
⏳ Loading...
❌ 404 Not Found
🐱 Here's your cat:
[404 cat image]
⏱️ Response time: 156mshttpcat [OPTIONS] <URL>-X, --method <METHOD>- HTTP method to use (default: GET)--size <N>- Image width in terminal characters (default: 60)--ascii- Display image as ASCII art--no-image- Don't display cat image--headers- Show response headers--body- Show response body-H, --header <HEADER>- Add request header (can be used multiple times)-h, --help- Print help-V, --version- Print version
POST request:
httpcat -X POST https://api.example.com/dataWith custom headers:
httpcat -H "Authorization: Bearer token123" https://api.example.comShow response details:
httpcat --headers --body https://example.comASCII art mode:
httpcat --ascii https://example.comStatus check only:
httpcat --no-image https://example.comImage display has been tested on terminals like iTerm and Kitty, but has not been fully verified on other terminals. Image quality may vary depending on your terminal, and in some cases, using the --ascii option for ASCII art display may be recommended.
Licensed under either of MIT or Apache-2.0 at your option. See LICENSE for details.
Cat images are provided by https://http.cat.