During lunch a friend mentioned that you can just supply a HTTP URL to vim on the command line and it would use curl to download that resource and allow you to edit the content. I jokingly asked whether if you enter :w it would then issue a HTTP POST back to the origin which is of course ridiculous. It issues a PUT

Hurl, run and test HTTP requests with plain text and curl. Hurl can run fast automated integration tests.

A novel Framework for manipulating the HTTP Processes of persistent Sessions

Hurl, run and test HTTP requests with plain text. Contribute to Orange-OpenSource/hurl development by creating an account on GitHub.

HTTP does a pretty good job staying out of everyone's way. If you're reading this article, there's a solid chance it was delivered to you over HTTP. Even if you're reading this ...

Making APIs simple and intuitive for those building the tools of our time.

When I want to play around with an API, I usually toss a couple example calls from the command line...

A simple HTTP Request & Response Service.