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Hurl

Hurl is an open source command-line tool for running HTTP requests defined in a simple plain text format with built-in assertions for API testing.

Hurl publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Command Line Interface and HTTP Client.

Hurl’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, and 5 more developer resources.

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18.9/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
Command Line InterfaceHTTP Client

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 18.9/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 4.1 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Hurl

Hurl is an open source command-line tool for running HTTP requests defined in a simple plain text format, with built-in assertions for API testing, response capturing, and reque...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Hurl Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Hurl Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Hurl Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Hurl Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · HSTS

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LlmsText
LlmsText

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: hurl
name: Hurl
description: Hurl is an open source command-line tool for running HTTP requests defined in a simple plain text format with
  built-in assertions for API testing.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/hurl.png
tags:
- Command Line Interface
- HTTP Client
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hurl/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-25'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: hurl:hurl
  name: Hurl
  description: Hurl is an open source command-line tool for running HTTP requests defined in a simple plain text format, with
    built-in assertions for API testing, response capturing, and request chaining. As a CLI utility, Hurl does not expose
    its own HTTP API or OpenAPI specification.
  humanURL: https://hurl.dev
  tags:
  - Command Line Interface
  - HTTP Client
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hurl.dev/docs/manual.html
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/hurl-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hurl
- type: Website
  url: https://hurl.dev
- type: Documentation
  url: https://hurl.dev/docs/manual.html
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Orange-OpenSource/hurl
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://hurl.dev/llms.txt
- url: https://hurl.dev/blog/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com