--- title: Install HTTP File Generator on Linux | Snap Store description: Get the latest version of HTTP File Generator for Linux - Generate .http files from OpenAPI specifications url: https://snapcraft.io/httpgenerator --- # HTTP File Generator (httpgenerator) [Christian Resma Helle (christianhelle)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/christianhelle "View all snaps from Christian Resma Helle (christianhelle)") * [Christian Resma Helle (christianhelle)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/christianhelle "View all snaps from Christian Resma Helle (christianhelle)") * [Development](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=development) * [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities) latest/stable 1.1.0 Install latest/stable of HTTP File Generator --- **Install using the command line** ``` sudo snap install httpgenerator ``` Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd). --- ### Package name * httpgenerator --- ### License * MIT --- ### Last updated * 1 June 2026 - latest/stable * 1 October 2026 - latest/edge --- ### Websites * [christianhelle.com](https://christianhelle.com/httpgenerator "https://christianhelle.com/httpgenerator") --- ### Donations * [buymeacoffee.com](https://buymeacoffee.com/christianhelle "https://buymeacoffee.com/christianhelle") --- ### Source code * [github.com/christianhelle/httpgenerator](https://github.com/christianhelle/httpgenerator "https://github.com/christianhelle/httpgenerator") --- ### Report a bug * [github.com/christianhelle/httpgenerator/issues](https://github.com/christianhelle/httpgenerator/issues "https://github.com/christianhelle/httpgenerator/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/httpgenerator#report-snap-modal) --- * [Description](https://snapcraft.io/httpgenerator#tab-description) * [Security](https://snapcraft.io/httpgenerator#tab-security) #### Generate .http files from OpenAPI specifications HTTP File Generator generates .http files from OpenAPI specifications. .http files were made popular by the Visual Studio Code extension REST Client, which then was adopted by JetBrains IDEs, and later on Visual Studio 2022. The CLI accepts a URL or input file for an OpenAPI specification and writes ready-to-run .http files to disk. It can generate one request per file, one file per tag, or a single combined file. Generated requests can include content type variables, path parameter variables, request summaries, descriptions, sample payloads, and custom headers. ``` Generate .http files from OpenAPI specifications Usage: httpgenerator [URL or input file] [OPTIONS] Arguments: [URL or input file] URL or file path to OpenAPI Specification file Options: -o, --output Output directory [default: ./] --no-logging Don't log errors or collect telemetry --skip-validation Skip validation of OpenAPI Specification file --authorization-header
Authorization header to use for all requests --load-authorization-header-from-environment Load the authorization header from an environment variable or define it in the .http file. You can use --authorization-header-variable-name to specify the environment variable name. --authorization-header-variable-name Name of the environment variable to load the authorization header from [default: authorization] --content-type Default Content-Type header to use for all requests [default: application/json] --base-url Default Base URL to use for all requests. Use this if the OpenAPI spec doesn't explicitly specify a server URL. --output-type OneRequestPerFile generates one .http file per request. OneFile generates a single .http file for all requests. OneFilePerTag generates one .http file per first tag associated with each request. [default: OneRequestPerFile] [possible values: OneRequestPerFile, OneFile, OneFilePerTag] --azure-scope Azure Entra ID Scope to use for retrieving Access Token for Authorization header --azure-tenant-id Azure Entra ID Tenant ID to use for retrieving Access Token for Authorization header --timeout Timeout (in seconds) for writing files to disk [default: 120] --generate-intellij-tests Generate IntelliJ tests that assert whether the response status code is 200 --custom-header
Add custom HTTP headers to the generated request --skip-headers Don't generate header parameters in the files -h, --help Print help information -v, --version Print version information Examples: httpgenerator ./openapi.json httpgenerator ./openapi.json --output ./ httpgenerator ./openapi.json --output-type onefile httpgenerator https://petstore.swagger.io/v2/swagger.json httpgenerator https://petstore3.swagger.io/api/v3/openapi.json --base-url https://petstore3.swagger.io httpgenerator ./openapi.json --authorization-header Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9c httpgenerator ./openapi.json --azure-scope [Some Application ID URI]/.default httpgenerator ./openapi.json --generate-intellij-tests httpgenerator ./openapi.json --custom-header X-Custom-Header: Value --custom-header X-Another-Header: AnotherValue ``` --- ## Install HTTP File Generator on your Linux distribution Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd). [### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/httpgenerator/arch) [### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/httpgenerator/centos) [### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/httpgenerator/debian) [### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/httpgenerator/elementary) [### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/httpgenerator/fedora) [### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/httpgenerator/kde-neon) [### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/httpgenerator/kubuntu) [### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/httpgenerator/manjaro) [### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/httpgenerator/pop) [### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/httpgenerator/opensuse) [### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/httpgenerator/rhel) [### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/httpgenerator/ubuntu) [### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/httpgenerator/raspbian)