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HTTP Requests

General aspects

A HTTP request is composed by:

  • HTTP method / verb
  • Request URL
  • HTTP version
  • Headers (optional)
  • Body (optional)

A HTTP response contains:

  • HTTP version
  • HTTP response status code
  • Headers (optional)
  • Body (optional)

Creating

To create a new request, click on a collection or folder and select New HTTP request. You can also do that clicking with your mouse's right button.

Copying, pasting and deleting

To copy, paste or delete a request, right-click on it in the left panel or use keyboard shortcuts.

You can select more than one request or folder at the same time and copy or delete them together.

RightClickRequest

Custom auth

Read more on the Authentication schemes page.

Sending a request

To send a request, click on the button Send. You can abort the request by clicking on the Cancel button.

The timeout period is 5 minutes.

TIP

Keyboard shortcuts:

  • F4 to focus on the URL
  • F5 to send a request
  • F6 to cancel a request being sent

Searching and zooming text

In the text editors, you can search words by pressing Ctrl+F.

By pressing Ctrl whilst scrolling the mouse wheel up and down, you can increase or decrease the font size.

TextEditorZoomAndSearchWords

Saving a response

You can save the response body to a file, by clicking on the Save as… button or pressing Ctrl+S.

TLS / SSL server certificate verification

By default, Pororoca verifies server SSL / TLS certificates on HTTPS connections, and if there are any validation failures, the request will not go forward, like in the picture below.

TLSCertificateValidationFailureExample

To disable server TLS certificate check, click on the button on the bottom, or go to the top menu, "Options", and select "Disable TLS verification".

DisableTLSCertificateValidation