hurl
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Hurl
Quick Start
Hurl is a command line tool that runs HTTP requests defined in a simple plain text format. It can chain requests, capture values, and evaluate queries on headers and body responses.
$ hurl session.hurl
$ hurl --test *.hurl
Hurl File Format
Hurl files use .hurl extension and consist of one or more HTTP entries. Each entry has a mandatory request and an optional response section.
GET https://example.org/api
HTTP 200
Content-Type: application/json
[Asserts]
jsonpath "$.status" == "success"
Comments
Comments begin with # and continue until the end of line:
# Check that the API returns the expected response
GET https://example.org/health
HTTP 200
Requests
Basic Request
GET https://example.org/endpoint
HTTP Methods
GET https://example.org/resource
POST https://example.org/resource
PUT https://example.org/resource
PATCH https://example.org/resource
DELETE https://example.org/resource
HEAD https://example.org/resource
OPTIONS https://example.org/resource
Headers
GET https://example.org/api
User-Agent: MyApp/1.0
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Query Parameters
GET https://example.org/search
[Query]
term: hurl
page: 1
limit: 10
Form Data
POST https://example.org/login
[Form]
username: user@example.com
password: secret123
Multipart Form Data
POST https://example.org/upload
[Multipart]
field1: value1
field2: file,data.txt;
field3: file,image.png; image/png
JSON Body
POST https://example.org/api/users
{
"name": "John Doe",
"email": "john@example.com",
"age": 30
}
XML Body
POST https://example.org/soap-service
Content-Type: application/soap+xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
<soap:Body>
<GetStatus>
<id>12345</id>
</GetStatus>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
GraphQL
POST https://example.org/graphql
```graphql
query {
user(id: "123") {
name
email
}
}
### Basic Authentication
```hurl
GET https://example.org/protected
[BasicAuth]
admin: secretpassword
Cookies
GET https://example.org/page
[Cookies]
session: abc123
preference: dark-mode
Variables in Requests
GET https://example.org/api/users/{{user_id}}
[Query]
expand: true
POST https://example.org/api/users
{
"name": "{{user_name}}",
"email": "{{user_email}}"
}
Define variables via command line:
$ hurl --variable user_id=123 --variable user_name="John" test.hurl
Or use a variables file:
$ hurl --variables-file config.json test.hurl
Responses
Response sections describe expected HTTP responses and can include assertions and captures.
GET https://example.org/api
HTTP 200
Content-Type: application/json
[Asserts]
status == 200
Status Code
GET https://example.org/resource
HTTP 200
Wildcard for any status:
GET https://example.org/resource
HTTP *
[Asserts]
status < 300
Headers
GET https://example.org/resource
HTTP 200
Content-Type: application/json
Cache-Control: max-age=3600
Captures
Captures extract values from HTTP responses into variables for use in subsequent requests.
GET https://example.org/login
HTTP 200
[Captures]
csrf_token: xpath "normalize-space(//meta[@name='csrf-token']/@content)"
POST https://example.org/login
[Form]
csrf_token: {{csrf_token}}
username: user
password: pass
HTTP 302
Capture Types
GET https://example.org/api/user
HTTP 200
[Captures]
user_id: jsonpath "$.id"
user_name: jsonpath "$.name"
email: jsonpath "$.email"
redirect_url: header "Location"
status: status
body_text: body
response_bytes: bytes
sha_hash: sha256
XPath Capture
GET https://example.org/page
HTTP 200
[Captures]
title: xpath "string(//head/title)"
first_heading: xpath "string(//h1)"
csrf_token: xpath "normalize-space(//meta[@name='csrf_token']/@content)"
JSONPath Capture
GET https://example.org/api/data
HTTP 200
[Captures]
user_id: jsonpath "$.user.id"
items_count: jsonpath "$.items.length()"
first_item: jsonpath "$.items[0]"
Regex Capture
GET https://example.org/page
HTTP 200
[Captures]
id: regex "user-(\d+)"
version: regex /version\/(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/
Duration Capture
GET https://example.org/api
HTTP 200
[Captures]
response_time: duration
Filters can be applied to captures. See Filters Reference for available filters.
Certificate Capture
GET https://example.org
HTTP 200
[Captures]
cert_subject: certificate "Subject"
cert_issuer: certificate "Issuer"
cert_expiry: certificate "Expire-Date"
Assertions
Assertions validate HTTP responses. They can be implicit (status, headers) or explicit in an [Asserts] section.
Filters can be applied to assertions to transform values before comparison. See Filters Reference for available filters.
GET https://example.org/api
HTTP 200
Content-Type: application/json
[Asserts]
jsonpath "$.status" == "success"
jsonpath "$.data.length()" == 10
header "X-Rate-Limit" exists
Status Assertions
GET https://example.org/resource
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
status == 200
status >= 200
status < 300
Header Assertions
GET https://example.org/resource
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
header "Content-Type" contains "application/json"
header "X-Request-Id" matches /^[a-f0-9]+$/
header "Cache-Control" == "max-age=3600"
header "Set-Cookie" count == 2
Body Assertions
GET https://example.org/api
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
body contains "success"
body startsWith "{"
body endsWith "}"
JSONPath Assertions
GET https://example.org/api/users
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
jsonpath "$.users[0].name" == "Alice"
jsonpath "$.users[*].active" contains true
jsonpath "$.count" != 0
jsonpath "$.users" count == 25
jsonpath "$.price" > 9.99
jsonpath "$.data" exists
jsonpath "$.items" isEmpty not
jsonpath "$.id" isInteger
jsonpath "$.price" isFloat
XPath Assertions
GET https://example.org/page
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
xpath "string(//head/title)" == "Home Page"
xpath "count(//div)" == 5
xpath "//h1" exists
xpath "//error" not exists
xpath "boolean(count(//warning))" == false
Regex Assertions
GET https://example.org/page
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
regex "user:(\d+)" == "user:123"
regex /version:(\d+\.\d+)/ == "version:1.0"
Bytes Assertions
GET https://example.org/file.zip
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
bytes count == 1024000
sha256 == hex,abc123...
Duration Assertions
GET https://example.org/api
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
duration < 1000
Certificate Assertions
GET https://example.org
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
certificate "Subject" == "CN=example.org"
certificate "Issuer" == "C=US, O=Let's Encrypt"
certificate "Expire-Date" daysAfterNow > 30
Predicates
Available predicates: ==, !=, >, >=, <, <=, startsWith, endsWith, contains, matches, exists, isBoolean, isEmpty, isFloat, isInteger, isIpv4, isIpv6, isIsoDate, isList, isNumber, isObject, isString, isUuid
All predicates can be negated with not:
[Asserts]
header "Authorization" not exists
jsonpath "$.error" not contains "failed"
Chaining Requests
Requests can be chained to create multi-step scenarios:
# Get CSRF token
GET https://example.org/login
HTTP 200
[Captures]
csrf_token: xpath "normalize-space(//input[@name='csrf']/@value)"
# Login with captured token
POST https://example.org/login
[Form]
csrf: {{csrf_token}}
username: user
password: pass
HTTP 302
# Follow redirect to dashboard
GET https://example.org/dashboard
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
body contains "Welcome, user"
Control Flow
Retry
POST https://example.org/jobs
HTTP 201
[Captures]
job_id: jsonpath "$.id"
GET https://example.org/jobs/{{job_id}}
[Options]
retry: 10
retry-interval: 500ms
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
jsonpath "$.status" == "COMPLETED"
Skip
GET https://example.org/optional
[Options]
skip: true
HTTP 200
Repeat
GET https://example.org/health
[Options]
repeat: 10
HTTP 200
Delay
GET https://example.org/api
[Options]
delay: 2s
HTTP 200
Redirection Handling
Manual Redirection Testing
GET https://example.org
HTTP 301
Location: https://www.example.org
GET https://www.example.org
HTTP 200
Automatic Redirection
GET https://example.org
[Options]
location: true
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
url == "https://www.example.org"
redirects count == 1
redirects nth 0 location == "https://www.example.org"
Secrets and Redaction
Hide sensitive values from logs:
$ hurl --secret api_key=abc123 test.hurl
Or make captures redacted:
POST https://example.org/login
HTTP 200
[Captures]
token: header "X-Auth-Token" redact
Command Line Options
Testing
$ hurl --test *.hurl # Test mode
$ hurl --test --jobs 4 *.hurl # Parallel test execution
$ hurl --test --repeat 100 *.hurl # Stress test
Output Control
$ hurl -o output.json test.hurl # Write output to file
$ hurl --no-output test.hurl # Suppress output
$ hurl --include test.hurl # Include headers in output
$ hurl --color test.hurl # Colorize output
Reports
$ hurl --report-html results/ test.hurl # HTML report
$ hurl --report-json results/ test.hurl # JSON report
$ hurl --report-junit results.xml test.hurl # JUnit XML
$ hurl --report-tap results.tap test.hurl # TAP format
Debugging
$ hurl --verbose test.hurl # Verbose output
$ hurl --very-verbose test.hurl # Very verbose (includes headers)
$ hurl --test --error-format long *.hurl # Detailed error output
Request Options
$ hurl --location test.hurl # Follow redirects
$ hurl --compressed test.hurl # Request compressed response
$ hurl -u user:pass test.hurl # Basic auth
$ hurl -H "Header: value" test.hurl # Custom header
$ hurl -x proxy:8080 test.hurl # Use proxy
$ hurl --insecure test.hurl # Skip SSL verification
$ hurl --max-time 30 test.hurl # Timeout
$ hurl --retry 3 test.hurl # Retry on failure
Variables
$ hurl --variable name=value test.hurl
$ hurl --variables-file vars.json test.hurl
$ HURL_VARIABLE_NAME=value hurl test.hurl
Files and Paths
$ hurl --file-root /path/to/files test.hurl
$ hurl --glob "tests/**/*.hurl" # Find files by pattern
$ hurl dir/ # Run all .hurl files in directory
Testing Best Practices
Use Test Mode
$ hurl --test test/api/*.hurl
Generate Reports for CI/CD
$ hurl --test --report-junit results.xml --report-html reports/ tests/
Organize Tests
tests/
api/
users.hurl
auth.hurl
products.hurl
integration/
checkout.hurl
search.hurl
smoke/
health.hurl
Test Performance
GET https://example.org/api
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
duration < 500
Debug Failing Tests
$ hurl --test --very-verbose --error-format long failing_test.hurl
Common Patterns
API Health Check
GET https://api.example.org/health
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
jsonpath "$.status" == "healthy"
jsonpath "$.version" exists
REST API CRUD
# Create
POST https://api.example.org/users
Content-Type: application/json
{
"name": "Test User",
"email": "test@example.com"
}
HTTP 201
[Captures]
user_id: jsonpath "$.id"
# Read
GET https://api.example.org/users/{{user_id}}
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
jsonpath "$.name" == "Test User"
# Update
PUT https://api.example.org/users/{{user_id}}
Content-Type: application/json
{
"name": "Updated User"
}
HTTP 200
# Delete
DELETE https://api.example.org/users/{{user_id}}
HTTP 204
Form-based Login
GET https://example.org/login
HTTP 200
[Captures]
csrf: xpath "normalize-space(//input[@name='_csrf']/@value)"
POST https://example.org/login
[Form]
_csrf: {{csrf}}
username: myuser
password: mypass
HTTP 302
Location: /dashboard
[Asserts]
status == 302
GraphQL Query
POST https://api.example.org/graphql
```graphql
query GetUser($id: ID!) {
user(id: $id) {
id
name
email
posts {
title
}
}
}
variables: {“id”: “{{user_id}}”} HTTP 200 [Asserts] jsonpath “$.data.user.name” exists jsonpath “$.errors” not exists
### SOAP Request
```hurl
POST https://example.org/soap-service
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
<soap:Body>
<GetProductInfo>
<productId>12345</productId>
</GetProductInfo>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
HTTP 200
[Asserts]
xpath "boolean(//product/available)" == true
File Reference
Local Resources
- Filters Reference – Available filters for transforming captured values and assertions
- Variables & Templates – Variables, templating, and secrets documentation
- Hurl File Format – File structure, comments, and special characters
- Request Format – HTTP method, URL, headers, body, auth, forms
- Response Format – Expected response, version, status, headers
- Captures – Extracting values from responses
- Assertions – Validating responses with asserts and predicates
- Running Tests – Test mode, reports, CI/CD integration