Wget VS HTTPie
HTTPie is designed for ease of use and is ideal for testing APIs and web services with a focus on human-friendly output. Wget, on the other hand, is a powerful utility for downloading files and supports a wider range of functionalities, making it more suitable for batch downloads and web scraping.
Wget
Pros:
- Widely used and well-documented
- Highly configurable with numerous options
- Can download files recursively
- Can resume interrupted downloads
- Works well with proxy servers
Cons:
- Steeper learning curve due to complexity
- Not as user-friendly for beginners
- Limited to HTTP/HTTPS, less versatile than curl
HTTPie
Pros:
- User-friendly command-line interface
- Supports JSON input and output
- Colorized output for better readability
- Easy to install and use
- Supports HTTP/2
Cons:
- Limited to HTTP/HTTPS
- Not suitable for file downloading
- Less suitable for scripting compared to wget
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