# Hurl, run and test HTTP requests.

<https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl>

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- Saved: November 23, 2021 (2021-11-24T01:22:43Z)
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## What Jamie wrote

Simple tool to run HTTP requests and test web endpoints.

> Hurl is a command line tool that runs HTTP requests defined in a simple plain text format.
> 
> It can perform requests, capture values and evaluate queries on headers and body response. Hurl is very versatile: it can be used for both fetching data and testing HTTP sessions.

The notable thing here is the very simple text file based configurations. You could easily incorporate this into a wide range of tools as needed.

## Facts

- Kind: [Repository](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/repository/)
- Repository: Orange-OpenSource/hurl: Hurl, run and test HTTP requests with plain text.
- About the repository: Rust, 19,271 stars, Apache-2.0, last push October 23, 2026
- Homepage: <https://hurl.dev>

## Appears in

- [WT205: Weekly Thing #205 / Hurl, Faster, Web3](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/205/), Notable

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