Console client

A console client is available with py-restclient. It allow you to perform any HTTP

request you need in console.

Examples :

create a paste in Friendpaste from command line:

benoitc@pollen:/tmp$ restcli -H "Accept:application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://friendpaste.com POST - < test.json
{"url": "http://friendpaste.com/1Po5tOC012QeFYOS3b3RaA", "rev": "373163383163", "ok": true, "id": "1Po5tOC012QeFYOS3b3RaA"}

This command send test.json file to Friendpaste and you get back the full url of paste in json result.

test.json file :

{
    "title":"I like to paste stuff",
    "snippet":"My own paste",
    "language":"text"
}

Get your twitter status time line :

benoitc@pollen:/tmp$ restcli http://XXXXXXX:XXXXXXX@twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline.json

Usage :

restcli [options] url [METHOD] [filename]

Options:

--version	show program’s version number and exit
-h, --help	show this help message and exit
-H HEADERS, --header=HEADERS
	http string header in the form of Key:Value. For example: “Accept: application/json”
-i FILE, --input=FILE
	the name of the file to read from
-o OUTPUT, --output=OUTPUT
	the name of the file to read from
--proxy=PROXY	Full uri of proxy, ex: http://username:password@proxy:port/