Hurl

What Hurl is

Hurl is a free command-line tool for running HTTP requests written in a plain-text format. It can fetch data or test HTTP sessions, including workflows that pass captured values from one request to another. It evaluates queries against response headers and bodies and works with HTML, REST, SOAP, GraphQL, XML, and JSON APIs. Assertions can check status, headers, cookies, XPath and JSONPath results, response duration, and SHA-256 body hashes. For CI/CD, Hurl can create text, JUnit, TAP, and HTML reports; its documentation describes GitHub Actions and GitLab CI/CD integrations. The lightweight binary is written in Rust, with libcurl powering its HTTP engine. Installation choices include Linux, macOS, and Windows binaries or packages, plus Docker, Cargo, conda-forge, and npm. Linux users should note that the listed precompiled binary needs libc 2.35 or newer. Windows installation also requires a separately installed Visual C++ Redistributable Package. Hurl is available under the Apache License, Version 2.0.