kulala-fmt

Install • Check • Format/Fix • Convert • Configuration • Development

An opinionated 🦄 .http and .rest 🐼 files linter 💄 and formatter ⚡.

Other tools 🔧 from the Kulala 🐼 family 🌈

Kulala for Neovim • Kulala CLI • Kulala Desktop • Kulala for Visual Studio Code • Kulala Core Kulala Github Action

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Install

You can install kulala-fmt globally using npm, bun, yarn or pnpm:

npm install -g @mistweaverco/kulala-fmt
bun add -g @mistweaverco/kulala-fmt
yarn global add @mistweaverco/kulala-fmt
pnpm add -g @mistweaverco/kulala-fmt

You can also run it directly without installation using

npx, bunx, yarn dlx or pnpx:

npx @mistweaverco/kulala-fmt fix file.http
bunx @mistweaverco/kulala-fmt fix file.http
yarn dlx @mistweaverco/kulala-fmt fix file.http
pnpx @mistweaverco/kulala-fmt fix file.http

On install, kulala-fmt downloads a matching kulala-core binary automatically. If install scripts are disabled (for example npm install --ignore-scripts), the binary is downloaded on first use instead.

To use your own kulala-core binary, set KULALA_CORE_PATH:

export KULALA_CORE_PATH=/path/to/kulala-core

Usage

kulala-fmt can fix(alias format) and check .http and .rest files.

It can also convert between .http files and other API formats (OpenAPI, Postman, Bruno).

Format / Fix

Format all .http and .rest files in the current directory and its subdirectories:

kulala-fmt fix

Format files in a specific directory:

kulala-fmt fix path/to/requests

or

kulala-fmt format

Format specific .http and .rest files:

kulala-fmt fix file1.http file2.rest http/*.http

Skip formatting request bodies:

kulala-fmt fix --no-body file.http

Format stdin input:

cat SOMEFILE.http | kulala-fmt fix --stdin

Check

Check if all .http and .rest files in the current directory and its subdirectories are formatted (shows a diff for files that need formatting):

kulala-fmt check

Check a specific directory:

kulala-fmt check path/to/requests

Check without diff output:

kulala-fmt check --quiet

Check if specific .http and .rest files are formatted:

kulala-fmt check file1.http file2.rest http/*.http

Check stdin input:

cat SOMEFILE.http | kulala-fmt check --stdin

Convert

kulala-fmt supports bidirectional conversion between .http files and several API formats. Use --from and --to to select the source and destination format (defaults: openapi → http).

OpenAPI / Swagger to .http

Convert OpenAPI 3.x or Swagger 2.0 .yaml, .yml or .json files to .http files. Query, path, header, and request body parameters are included; Swagger 2.0 definitions and in: body parameters are supported.

kulala-fmt convert --from openapi openapi.yaml
kulala-fmt convert swagger.json

Postman collection to .http

Convert Postman collection .json files to .http files:

kulala-fmt convert --from postman postman.json

.http to Postman collection

Convert one or more .http / .rest files (or a directory) to a Postman Collection v2.1 .json file. Directory structure is preserved as Postman folders.

kulala-fmt convert --from http --to postman requests.http
kulala-fmt convert --from http --to postman ./api/
kulala-fmt convert --from http --to postman *.http -o my-collection.json

Inject variables from an environment file:

kulala-fmt convert --from http --to postman requests.http --env .env
kulala-fmt convert --from http --to postman requests.http --env http-client.env.json

Bruno to .http

Convert Bruno collections to .http files. Request variables (vars:pre-request), environment variables, query/path params, and scripts are preserved.

kulala-fmt convert --from bruno path/to/bruno/collection

Configuration

kulala-fmt reads kulala-fmt.yaml from the current working directory. Create one with:

kulala-fmt init

Example configuration:

# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://kulala.app/kulala-fmt.schema.json
defaults:
  http_method: GET
  http_version: HTTP/1.1
body:
  format:
    indent: 2
    line_width: 80
    expand_tabs: true

All fields are optional. See config.schema.json or the published schema at https://kulala.app/kulala-fmt.schema.json for the full reference.

defaults.http_version can also be set to false to omit the HTTP version from request lines.

What does it do?

• Checks if the file is formatted and valid
• Removes extraneous newlines
• Lowercases all headers (when HTTP/2 or HTTP/3) else it'll uppercase the first letter
• Puts all metadata right before the request line

So a perfect request would look like this:

@SOME_DOCUMENT_VARIABLE1 = some value

### REQUEST_NAME_ONE

# This is a comment
# @kulala-curl--insecure
# This is another comment

POST https://echo.kulala.app/post HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "key": "{{ SOME_DOCUMENT_VARIABLE1 }}"
}

or this:

@SOME_DOCUMENT_VARIABLE1 = some value

### REQUEST_NAME_ONE

# This is a comment
# @kulala-curl--insecure
# This is another comment

POST https://echo.kulala.app/post HTTP/2
content-type: application/json

{
  "key": "{{ SOME_DOCUMENT_VARIABLE1 }}"
}

Development

Clone the repository and install dependencies with pnpm:

pnpm install
pnpm run build

Other useful commands:

pnpm run lint
node dist/cli.cjs --help

Use it with conform.nvim

return {
  "stevearc/conform.nvim",
  config = function()
    require("conform").setup({
      formatters_by_ft = {
        http = { "kulala-fmt" },
      },
      format_on_save = true,
    })
  end,
}