HTTPX2(1)

💅 HTTPX2(1)

okay bestie, welcome to the manual page for httpx2 — that's a User Commands situation, section 1, and yes it lives in the HTTPX2(1) header like it owns the place, because it does. 🌈

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✨ NAME ✨

httpx2 — a next-generation HTTP client for Python 🐍💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

httpx2 <URL> [OPTIONS]

that's it. one URL, and then as many options as your little heart desires. periodt. 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so. picture this: HTTPX 🦋

it's a next generation HTTP client. that's the whole vibe. iconic, no notes.

here's every single flag you can throw at it, in order, nothing skipped, because we do NOT gatekeep here 🫶

• -m, --method METHOD — the request method, bestie. like GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, OPTIONS, HEAD, QUERY. [Default: GET, or POST if a request body is included]
• -p, --params <NAME VALUE> ... — query parameters to include in the request URL. yes, plural, you can stack 'em 💫
• -c, --content TEXT — byte content to include in the request body.
• -d, --data <NAME VALUE> ... — form data to include in the request body.
• -f, --files <NAME FILENAME> ... — form files to include in the request body.
• -j, --json TEXT — JSON data to include in the request body. ✨
• -h, --headers <NAME VALUE> ... — include additional HTTP headers in the request. (yes, -h is headers here, not help — stay woke, --help is its own thing 👀)
• --cookies <NAME VALUE> ... — cookies to include in the request. 🍪
• --auth <USER PASS> — username and password to include in the request. specify - for the password to use a password prompt. note that using --verbose/-v will expose the Authorization header, including the password encoding in a trivially reversible format. 😭 so like, be careful with that one, fr fr.
• --proxy URL — send the request via a proxy. should be the URL giving the proxy address.
• --timeout FLOAT — timeout value to use for network operations, such as establishing the connection, reading some data, etc... [Default: 5.0]
• --follow-redirects — automatically follow redirects. 🏃‍♀️
• --verify / --no-verify — enable SSL verification.
• --http2 — send the request using HTTP/2, if the remote server supports it. 💅
• --download FILE — save the response content as a file, rather than displaying it.
• -v, --verbose — verbose output. show request as well as response. the way that this shows *both*… obsessed.
• --help — show this message and exit. 👑

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lowkey reminder: if you're passing --auth and also -v/--verbose, your Authorization header is out there in a trivially reversible format. main character energy, but maybe not that much main character energy. stay safe bestie 🫶

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and that's the whole page, no cap. this was httpx2 version 2.16.0, dated October 2026, sitting pretty in the HTTPX2(1) footer like the queen she is 👑✨ go make some requests, you've got this 💖🦋🌸