--- title: Orange-OpenSource/hurl: Hurl, run and test HTTP requests... description: Hurl is a command line tool that runs HTTP requests defined in a simple plain text format. It can be used to fetch data, test HTTP sessions, and work with HTML... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/orange-opensource-hurl-hurl-run-and-test-http-requests-with-plain-text--6ght0ft2d twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Orange-OpenSource/hurl: Hurl, run and test HTTP requests with plain text. | daily.dev og:description: Hurl is a command line tool that runs HTTP requests defined in a simple plain text format. It can be used to fetch data, test HTTP sessions, and work with HTML... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/orange-opensource-hurl-hurl-run-and-test-http-requests-with-plain-text--6ght0ft2d og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6GhT0fT2d.png og:image:alt: Orange-OpenSource/hurl: Hurl, run and test HTTP requests with plain text. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Orange-OpenSource/hurl: Hurl, run and test HTTP requests with plain text. **[Pointer](https://daily.dev/sources/pointer)** · 17 min read · 48 upvotes · 6 comments ## Summary Hurl is a command line tool that runs HTTP requests defined in a simple plain text format. It can be used to fetch data, test HTTP sessions, and work with HTML content, REST/JSON APIs, GraphQL, and SOAP APIs. Hurl can also be used to test performance, check response bytes, integrate in CI/CD, and more. It is powered by the curl library and provides a fast and efficient way to perform HTTP requests. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@perfectlyfine** · 2 upvotes > What an unfortunate name **@toshiromifune** · 1 upvotes > Wonderful! > as an Intern DevOps Engineer I found it very interesting and helpful to write tests efficiently in pipelines. **@axelerated** · 1 upvotes > A Rust-wrapper around libcurl? Sign me up! **@bleedthefteak** · 0 upvotes > what a great tool i can see a lot of potential usage for it. **@supercode** · 0 upvotes > Oh Hurl NO! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#graphql](https://daily.dev/tags/graphql), [#rest-api](https://daily.dev/tags/rest-api) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/orange-opensource-hurl-hurl-run-and-test-http-requests-with-plain-text--6ght0ft2d) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Orange-OpenSource/hurl: Hurl, run and test HTTP requests with plain text.","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/orange-opensource-hurl-hurl-run-and-test-http-requests-with-plain-text--6ght0ft2d","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/orange-opensource-hurl-hurl-run-and-test-http-requests-with-plain-text--6ght0ft2d"},"datePublished":"2024-02-13T20:19:51.128Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:43:33.910Z","description":"Hurl is a command line tool that runs HTTP requests defined in a simple plain text format. 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