Elysian

A Python alternative to curl - a modern HTTP client for the command line.

Features

• HTTP methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc.
• Custom headers support
• Data/body sending
• Verbose mode for debugging
• SSL/TLS support (with insecure option)
• JSON support
• Output to file

Installation

From GitHub

Clone the repository and run the installation script:

git clone https://github.com/ElysianNodes/elysian.git
cd elysian
sudo ./install.sh

This will install elysian to /usr/local/bin, making it available system-wide.

From Local Source

If you have the source files locally, run:

sudo ./install.sh

Usage

Basic GET request

elysian https://example.com

POST request with data

elysian -X POST https://example.com/api -d '{"key": "value"}'

Add custom headers

elysian -H "Authorization: Bearer token" https://api.example.com

Verbose mode (see request/response details)

elysian -v https://example.com

Send JSON data

elysian -X POST https://api.example.com --json -d '{"name": "John"}'

Ignore SSL errors (self-signed certificates)

elysian -k https://self-signed.example.com

Output to file

elysian -o output.html https://example.com

Download with remote filename

elysian -O https://example.com/file.zip

Download without progress bar

elysian -O --no-progress https://example.com/largefile.zip

Include headers in output

elysian -i https://example.com

Help

elysian --help

Examples

# Simple GET
elysian https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1

# POST with JSON
elysian -X POST https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"title": "foo", "body": "bar", "userId": 1}'

# Multiple headers
elysian -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "User-Agent: Elysian/1.0" \
  https://api.example.com

# Verbose debugging
elysian -v -X POST https://httpbin.org/post -d "test=data"

Requirements

• Python 3.6 or higher
• No external dependencies (uses only Python standard library)

License

Apache 2.0