Changelog #0022 — 🪄 HTTPie AI assistant, methods in tabs, and more
Tags: httpie, ai, api, devtools
Published: 2023-01-04 12:20:25

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title: Changelog #0022 — 🪄 HTTPie AI assistant, methods in tabs, and more
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description: AI assistant, HTTP methods in tabs, library context menu, cURL input mode, and more.
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Happy [new year](https://twitter.com/httpie/status/1609345468529577991)! 🥳 Let’s start it with a new release of HTTPie for&nbsp;[Web](https://httpie.io/app)&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;[Desktop](https://httpie.io/product). Check out what we shipped [v2023.1.0](https://github.com/httpie/desktop/releases/tag/v2023.1.0) 👇


## 🔖 Summary

- **🪄 [HTTPie AI assistant](#say-hello-to-httpie-ai) –** Introducing a new way to interact with APIs.
- **🗂️ [Methods in tabs](#see-methods-in-tabs) –** Easier navigation with HTTP methods in tabs.
- **📚 [Library context menu](#quick-library-actions-with-new-context-menu) —** New context menu for quick library actions.
- **🌊 [cURL as URL](#type-a-curl-command-in-the-address-field) —** Type a cURL command in the address field.
- **✨ [Other improvements](#other-improvements) —** Tweaks and fixes for improved API testing.

## 🪄 Introducing HTTPie AI

Today we’re launching HTTPie AI, a new way to interact with APIs.

![HTTPie AI in action](https://httpie.io/Images/Blog/ai.gif)

HTTPie AI assistant uses artificial intelligence to increase your productivity when testing and talking to APIs. This free feature preview allows you to create requests using human language.

[Read the full announcement](https://httpie.io/blog/ai) →

## 🗂️ See methods in tabs

HTTPie now shows the HTTP method next to the request name in the request tabs:



![HTTP methods shown in tabs](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/7qq3ns3w6wbsvhal2jgp.png)


This way, you can easily distinguish between tabs for requests using different methods but with the same name or URL. The `<method> <name>` pair works nicely as a `<verb> <noun>` sentence — a request identification system we already use in the library.

## 📚️ Quick library actions with new context menu

There’s a lot of action behind the innocently looking “+” button in the library. To make it more accessible, you can now invoke a similar menu through a right-click anywhere in the empty space in the sidebar:


![Right-click an empty area in the sidebar to open Library context menu](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/ryfs8s2qqhlkszlod17e.png)


## 🌊 Type a cURL command in the address field

You can [paste a cURL command into the URL field](https://httpie.io/blog/changelog-0017#curl-import) for quick import. In this release, we added the ability to type an [AI prompt](https://httpie.io/blog/ai) into the address field, and at the same time, we extended it to support typing cURL commands.

![cURL command in the URL field](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/f9zvbs9m8a888k2lahal.png)

Support for HTTPie CLI commands is coming soon.

## ✨ Other improvements

- Added numerous on-import clean-ups like detecting GraphQL requests based on the body to import them with the GraphQL body type or moving Bearer tokens from `Authorization: Bearer …` headers to the auth tab.
- Added more robust [interactive URL](https://httpie.io/blog/changelog-0018#navigate-apis-faster-with-interactive-urls) matching. HTTPie will now add interactivity to links containing an IP address, port number, or pointing to `localhost`.
- Added RSS feeds to this blog; grab one for your feed reader to stay up-to-date: ⚡️[Atom 1.0](https://httpie.io/api/feed/atom), ⚡️[RSS 2.0](https://httpie.io/api/feed/rss), ⚡️[JSON Feed 1.1](https://httpie.io/api/feed/json)
- Fixed the auto-update system not to bother you once you choose “Install on next launch.” ([#55](https://github.com/httpie/desktop/issues/55))

## 🤩 Happy API testing, and see you again soon!

- ✉️ Thoughts? Questions? Shoot us an email at [feedback@httpie.io](mailto:feedback@httpie.io).
- 📋 You can also help us improve by completing a [quick survey](https://httpie.io/survey).
- 👥 We’re working on collaboration features, and you can [help us out](https://httpie.io/blog/changelog-0019#help-wanted-teams-and-collaboration).
- 👉 Follow [@httpie](https://twitter.com/httpie) and join our [Discord community](https://httpie.io/discord) to stay up to date.
- 👩‍💻 We’re looking for new colleagues in [engineering and other roles](https://httpie.io/jobs).

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