ob-http

http request in org-mode babel, requires curl

#+BEGIN_SRC http :pretty
GET https://api.github.com/repos/zweifisch/ob-http/languages
Accept: application/vnd.github.moondragon+json
#+END_SRC

#+RESULTS:
: {
:   "Emacs Lisp": 8170
: }

setup

To use ob-http in an org-babel source block, the http language must be enabled in the custom org-babel-load-languages alist. Alternatively, running the following snippet during initialization will enable the mode.

(org-babel-do-load-languages
 'org-babel-load-languages
 '((emacs-lisp . t)
   (http . t)))

options

option	curl	example
:proxy	-x	:proxy localhost:8118
:noproxy	--noproxy *	N/A
:cookie-jar	--cookie-jar	:cookie-jar username
:cookie	--cookie	:cookie username
:max-time	--max-time	default is 10
:user	--user	:user admin:passwd
:pretty	N/A	:pretty use Content-Type, to overwrite :pretty json
:select	N/A	:select path path will be passed to jq for json or pup for html or xmlstarlet for xml
:get-header	N/A	:get-header X-Subject-Token
:curl	N/A	:curl --insecure --compressed additional arguments for curl
:resolve	--resolve	:resolve example.com:80:127.0.0.1,example.com:443:127.0.0.1

examples

set arbitrary header

#+BEGIN_SRC http :pretty
GET http://httpbin.org/user-agent
User-Agent: ob-http
#+END_SRC

#+RESULTS:
: {
:   "user-agent": "ob-http"
: }

json

#+BEGIN_SRC http :pretty
POST http://httpbin.org/post
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "key": "value"
}
#+END_SRC

#+RESULTS:
#+begin_example
{
  "url": "http://httpbin.org/post",
  "json": {
    "key": "value"
  },
  "headers": {
    "User-Agent": "curl/7.35.0",
    "Host": "httpbin.org",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Content-Length": "18",
    "Accept": "*/*"
  },
  "form": {},
  "files": {},
  "data": "{  \"key\": \"value\"}",
  "args": {}
}
#+end_example

form submit

#+BEGIN_SRC http :pretty
PATCH http://httpbin.org/patch

key=value&foo=value
#+END_SRC

#+RESULTS:
#+begin_example
{
  "url": "http://httpbin.org/patch",
  "origin": "116.227.144.38",
  "json": null,
  "headers": {
    "User-Agent": "curl/7.35.0",
    "Host": "httpbin.org",
    "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
    "Content-Length": "19",
    "Accept": "*/*"
  },
  "form": {
    "key": "value",
    "foo": "value"
  },
  "files": {},
  "data": "",
  "args": {}
}
#+end_example

variable

#+HEADER: :var name="ob-http"
#+HEADER: :var password="secret"
#+BEGIN_SRC http :select .json
POST http://httpbin.org/post
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "auth": {
        "name": "${name}",
        "password": "${password}"
    }
}
#+END_SRC

#+RESULTS:
: {
:   "auth": {
:     "password": "secret",
:     "name": "ob-http"
:   }
: }

use properties

supported headers:

• pretty
• proxy
• noproxy
• cookie
• schema
• host
• port
• user
• max-time

* api test
:PROPERTIES:
:header-args: :var token="secret" :host httpbin.org :pretty
:END:

#+BEGIN_SRC http
POST /post
Content-Type: application/json
X-Auth-Token: ${token}
#+END_SRC

#+RESULTS:
#+begin_example
{
  "url": "http://httpbin.org/post",
  "json": null,
  "headers": {
    "X-Auth-Token": "secret",
    "User-Agent": "curl/7.35.0",
    "Host": "httpbin.org",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Accept": "*/*"
  },
  "form": {},
  "files": {},
  "data": "",
  "args": {}
}
#+end_example

files

#+BEGIN_SRC http :file zweifisch.jpeg
GET https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/447862?v=3
#+END_SRC

#+RESULTS:
[[file:zweifisch.jpeg]]