http command documentation

commands/docs/http.md

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title: http
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  Various commands for working with http methods.
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  Various commands for working with http methods.
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# `http` for [network](/commands/categories/network.md)

<div class='command-title'>Various commands for working with http methods.</div>

## Signature

```> http {flags} ```


## Input/output types:

| input   | output |
| ------- | ------ |
| nothing | string |
## Notes
You must use one of the following subcommands. Using this command as-is will only produce this help message.

## Subcommands:

| name                                             | description                                               | type     |
| ------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| [`http delete`](/commands/docs/http_delete.md)   | Delete the specified resource.                            | built-in |
| [`http get`](/commands/docs/http_get.md)         | Fetch the contents from a URL.                            | built-in |
| [`http head`](/commands/docs/http_head.md)       | Get the headers from a URL.                               | built-in |
| [`http options`](/commands/docs/http_options.md) | Requests permitted communication options for a given URL. | built-in |
| [`http patch`](/commands/docs/http_patch.md)     | Patch a body to a URL.                                    | built-in |
| [`http post`](/commands/docs/http_post.md)       | Post a body to a URL.                                     | built-in |
| [`http put`](/commands/docs/http_put.md)         | Put a body to a URL.                                      | built-in |

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Title: http command documentation

Summary

This document describes the `http` command in Nushell, which provides subcommands for interacting with HTTP methods such as GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, HEAD, and OPTIONS. It's part of the network category and offers functionality for fetching content, managing resources, and retrieving headers from URLs.