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HTTP Client

Score 17.5 / 100 19 providers +6 via APIs 36 APIs Search apis.io →

Providers using this tag (19)

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Thin 2 Limited public surface area
Emerging 15 Early or largely undocumented
Minimal 2 Almost no public developer surface

APIs with this tag (36)

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Developing 13 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Microsoft Windows 10 HTTP Client APIThe HTTP Client API from Microsoft Windows 10 — 1 operation(s) for http client.48.6Spring WebFlux HTTP Service ClientDeclarative HTTP service interface client allowing annotation-based HTTP client definitions with @HttpExcha...45.3Spring WebFlux WebClientReactive, non-blocking HTTP client for consuming REST services and other APIs. Supports builder-based confi...45.3make-request-js (Sideko Runtime)Modern TypeScript HTTP client for browser and Node.js environments, used as the runtime by Sideko-generated...43.9make-request-py (Sideko Runtime)Modern Python HTTP client library with built-in authentication and response handling, used as the runtime b...43.9ExconEXtended HTTP(S) CONnections library focused on performance, persistent connections, and predictable behavi...43.1FaradaySimple but flexible HTTP client library with a common interface over many adapters (Net::HTTP, Typhoeus, Pa...43.1http.rbFast Ruby HTTP client built on the llhttp parser with a chainable request-building API, streaming bodies, p...43.1HTTPartyHTTP client gem that "makes consuming RESTful web services dead easy" via a class-level DSL. Wraps Net::HTT...43.1HTTPClientLong-standing Ruby HTTP client providing "the functionality of libwww-perl (LWP) in Ruby". Supports keep-al...43.1Net::HTTP (Ruby Standard Library)The HTTP client class shipped with the Ruby standard library. Provides class and instance methods for GET, ...43.1REST ClientSimple HTTP and REST client for Ruby inspired by Sinatra's microframework style. Provides class-level GET/P...43.1TyphoeusLibcurl-based HTTP client built for running HTTP requests in parallel. Pairs well with Hydra for fan-out in...43.1
Thin 2 Limited public surface area
Emerging 20 Early or largely undocumented
AxiosAxios is a promise-based HTTP client for the browser and Node.js with automatic JSON data transformation an...26.0Node-Fetchnode-fetch is a lightweight module that brings the Fetch API to Node.js for making HTTP requests.25.5RequestsRequests is a simple and elegant HTTP library for Python, designed for human beings. It provides a clean, h...25.5WgetGNU Wget is a free command-line utility for non-interactive downloading of files from the web using HTTP, H...24.5Wget2GNU Wget2 is the next-generation successor to GNU Wget, built from scratch around libwget. It is multi-thre...24.5RestfoxRestfox is a lightweight, offline-first web HTTP client for testing REST APIs, similar to Postman but brows...22.4RestSharpRestSharp is a simple REST and HTTP API client library for .NET, wrapping HttpClient with a fluent API for ...21.6libcurllibcurl is a free, easy-to-use, thread-safe, IPv6-compatible client-side URL transfer library written in C ...21.3HTTPXHTTPX is a fully featured HTTP client library for Python 3 with sync and async APIs, HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 su...19.1RetrofitRetrofit is a type-safe HTTP client for the JVM that turns annotated Java/Kotlin interfaces into HTTP API c...18.0HurlHurl is an open source command-line tool for running HTTP requests defined in a simple plain text format, w...17.4Feign Apache HttpClientFeign Apache HttpClient module integrates Apache HttpComponents (HC5) as the underlying HTTP transport for ...17.3Feign CoreFeign Core is the base library that processes annotated Java interfaces into templated HTTP requests. It de...17.3Feign Java 11 HTTPFeign Java 11 HTTP module uses the JDK 11+ standard HttpClient as the transport, supporting HTTP/2 and asyn...17.3Feign OkHttpFeign OkHttp module replaces the default JDK HTTP transport with Square's OkHttp client, adding HTTP/2, con...17.3MilkmanMilkman is an extensible request/response workbench for various protocols like HTTP, gRPC, GraphQL, WebSock...16.8HTTP ClientJetBrains HTTP Client lets developers compose, edit, and execute HTTP, gRPC, WebSocket, and GraphQL request...15.2Xh CLIxh is a friendly and fast command-line HTTP client written in Rust. It reimplements HTTPie's design with im...14.7GotGot is a human-friendly and powerful HTTP request library for Node.js with support for streams, retries, an...14.2PawPaw (now RapidAPI for Mac) is a full-featured HTTP client that lets you test and describe the APIs you buil...11.4
Minimal 1 Almost no public developer surface

Companies reaching this through an API (6)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “HTTP Client” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

cURL Microsoft Windows 10 Refitter Ruby Programming Language and Popular API Gems Sideko Spring WebFlux

Score breakdown

Frequency
46.6
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.5
spread across providers
Quality lift
22.1
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
8.6
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

API Testing 6 co-occurrences Clients 10 co-occurrences Java 5 co-occurrences Developer Tools 10 co-occurrences SDK 6 co-occurrences Open-Source 10 co-occurrences

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Api tag36
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