A Scripting Language for HTTP

andreineculau 10 years ago |

KATT does a few more things (since it's goal is testing HTTP), but I've used it also for scripting purposes. The syntax is 99% plain HTTP syntax.

https://github.com/for-GET/katt

jimjag 10 years ago |

Yet another Github project that could be useful, except that there is no explicit license. Which means it's under traditional copyright.

rmc 10 years ago | |

Not quite. Since it's on GitHub, the terms and conditions for uploading, means that github users have the permission to view and fork the repository. https://help.github.com/articles/open-source-licensing/

jimjag 10 years ago | | |

Which really means nothing. It certainly is not an Open Source or Free Software license. View and fork does not mean use. Or distribute, etc...

thephyber 10 years ago | |

No longer an issue. MIT License.

https://github.com/Max00355/HTTPLang/blob/master/LICENSE.md

baldfat 10 years ago | |

https://help.github.com/articles/open-source-licensing/

carbocation 10 years ago | | |

That leaves me more curious now. It contains the following:

> "Even if this is what you intend, if you publish your source code in a public repository on GitHub, you have accepted the Terms of Service which do allow other GitHub users some rights. Specifically, you allow others to view and fork your repository."

I wonder what it means, from the standpoint of using or modifying code within the copyright framework, to have this right to "fork your repository?"

MatthewWilkes 10 years ago | | |

It doesn't grant any right to use or modify the code, just to re-host it for viewing. Say someone puts up a repository they don't intend to, then deletes it. This right ensures they can't demand you delete it if you hit the fork button in time.

wyldfire 10 years ago | | |

> I wonder what it means, from the standpoint of using or modifying code within the copyright framework, to have this right to "fork your repository?"

It's a conflict between the hosting T&S and the copyright of a derivative work. Just because Github says you can, doesn't mean you can.

WormyMcSquirmy 10 years ago | |

So raise a pull request to add one.

wyldfire 10 years ago | | |

https://github.com/Max00355/HTTPLang/pull/11

_druu 10 years ago |

https://github.com/jkbrzt/httpie

baldfat 10 years ago |

Creating this Language in Racket would be the best option IMHO. Racket was made for specifically this reason.

http://docs.racket-lang.org/guide/languages.html

max0563 10 years ago |

Author here, I am currently looking for someone who would be interested in improving and maintaining this project. I have been trying but I don't really have time due to work and other things happening in my life. I would like to see HTTPLang grow,and it seems like there is some interest in the community. If anyone is interested send me an email at max00355@gmail.com

bmn_ 10 years ago | |

This is reinventing https://metacpan.org/release/webchat

You should just give up.

ufo 10 years ago |

I'm curious why this was made into a scripting language instead of into a regular Python library. It it were regular Python you would get tons of features for free like loops, functions, if statements, etc.

leftnode 10 years ago | |

Because then you'd just have Requests and normal Python which it sounds like the author wanted to avoid.

JimDabell 10 years ago |

Previous discussion on Hacker News:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9598443

swalsh 10 years ago |

One problem i've had using python to script loading pages, is sometimes other pages you need things from load in frames based on a javascript load functions. PhantomJS solves this by emulating the browser... of course then you have to do everything in javascript.

nkozyra 10 years ago | |

Sure, but the JS you need is incredibly minimal and you can easily transport Phantom's output to whatever other application you can dream of.

I've seen a lot of headless apps outside of Phantom, but none of them work well enough for me to ditch the system above (Phantom :: Message Queue :: Other App).