DAVIX-HTTP(1)

💖 DAVIX-HTTP 💖

okay bestie, so this is the davix-http manual page, from the DAVIX-HTTP(1) section of the manual — it's literally the HTTP Request tool and it's gonna change your whole life, no cap 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

davix-http — HTTP query tool based on libdavix 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

davix-http [options]... url

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so basically davix-http is a tool that uses libdavix to run HTTP queries, and it can also be used to interact with a RESTful webservices. it's giving main character energy fr fr 🔥

See libdavix(3) for the details, iykyk 👑

💅 OPTIONS 💅

🍓 Request Options

• --data — the content of the request, like the actual body you're sending out into the world ✨
• --request, -X — the request method to use (ex: GET, PUT, PROPFIND, etc..) — pick your fighter 💖

🌈 Common Options

• --debug — debug mode, for when you wanna see everything 👀
• --header, -H — add a header field to the request (eg: -H "Depth: 1" ) 🎀
• --help, -h — display this help message, bestie 🫶
• --metalink OPT — Metalink support. (OPT=failover[default]|no) ⭐
• --module, -P PLUGIN_NAME — load a plugin or profile by name 🧚
• --redirection OPT — transparent redirection support. (OPT=yes[default]|no) 🔥
• --proxy, -x URL — SOCKS5 proxy server URL. (ex: socks5://login:pass@socks.example.org) 🌸
• --trace — traces specific scope(s), options include:
  • file — Davix file interface
  • posix — Davix POSIX interface
  • xml — XML parser output
  • ssl — SSL and certs details
  • header — HTTP queries headers
  • body — HTTP bodies
  • chain — IO chains info
  • core — Config and misc info
  • grid — Misc info from 3rd parties
  • socket — Socket info
  • locks — WebDAV locking info
  • all — Traces everything
• --version — display version 💜

🔒 Security Options

• --capath CA_path — add an additional certificate authority directory 🎀
• --cert, -E cred_path — client Certificate in PEM format 👑
• --key priv_path — private key in PEM format 🔑
• --insecure, -k — disable SSL credential checks

⚠️ okay so this one turns OFF your SSL credential checks — it's giving "living dangerously" 💀 do not just casually do this, bestie, fr fr

• --userlogin — user login for login/password authentication 🌸
• --userpass — user password for login/password authentication 🙈
• --s3secretkey — AWS S3 authentication: secret key 🤫
• --s3accesskey — AWS S3 authentication: access key 🗝️
• --s3region — AWS S3 authentication: region 🌍
• --s3token — AWS S3 security token - used along with STS temporary credentials 🎟️
• --s3alternate — specify this flag if you need to use a path-based S3 URL 🛤️
• --azurekey — Azure authentication key ☁️

🌟 EXAMPLES 🌟

Execute a GET Query in HTTP

davix-http http://example.org/

Execute a HEAD Query in HTTP + TLS with User auth

davix-http -X HEAD https://login:password@example.org

Execute a PUT Query with S3 over https and a basic content

davix-http -X PUT s3s://bucket.example.org/mifile -d "Hello World"

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

libdavix(3), davix-ls(1), davix-get(1), davix-put(1),

🔗 LINKS 🔗

http://dmc.web.cern.ch/projects/davix/home

🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

Adrien Devresse <adrien.devresse@cern.ch>, IT-SDC-ID, CERN 💖

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀 this one's from the davix gang, dated $Date: 2014/05/24 $, and it lives in the DAVIX-HTTP(1) section of the manual. go slay some HTTP queries, periodt 💅✨🌈