Command Line
============

Restkit integrate a simple HTTP client in command line named `restcli` allowing  you to perform requests.

.. image:: _static/screenshot_client.png
   :width: 90%

Usage::

  $ restcli --help
  Usage: 'restcli [options] url [METHOD] [filename]'

  Options:
    -H HEADERS, --header=HEADERS
                          http string header in the form of Key:Value. For
                          example: "Accept: application/json"
    -X METHOD, --request=METHOD
                          http request method
    --follow-redirect     
    -S, --server-response
                          print server response
    -p, --prettify        Prettify display
    --log-level=LOG_LEVEL
                          Log level below which to silence messages. [info]
    -i FILE, --input=FILE
                          the name of the file to read from
    -o OUTPUT, --output=OUTPUT
                          the name of the file to write to
    --version             show program's version number and exit
    -h, --help            show this help message and exit

To have better prettyfication, make sure you have `pygments <http://pygments.org>`_, `tidy <http://tidy.sourceforge.net/>`_ and `simplejson <http://code.google.com/p/simplejson/>`_ (or python2.6) installed. They may be already installed on your machine.