---
title: "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
source_url: https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl
type: article
source: "Pointer"
published: 2024-02-13T20:19:51.128Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:43:33.910Z
tags: ["github", "graphql", "rest-api"]
reading_time: 17
upvotes: 48
comments: 6
language: en
---

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# 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.

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## 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!

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Tags: [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#graphql](https://daily.dev/tags/graphql), [#rest-api](https://daily.dev/tags/rest-api)

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