h2c

README

h2c - A Simple Command-Line HTTP/2 Client

h2c is a simple command-line client for HTTP/2 servers.

It is currently in a very early stage. The best way to learn about it is to read the blog posts on http://blog.http2client.net.

Screenshots

Basic Usage

h2c start &
h2c connect 127.0.0.1:443
h2c get /index.html
h2c stop

How to Download and Run

Binary releases are available on the GitHub Releases.

1. Download the latest release ZIP file: h2c-v0.0.7.zip
2. Extract the ZIP file
3. Find the executable for your system in the bin folder:

• Linux: h2c_linux_amd64
• OS X: h2c_darwin_amd64
• Windows: h2c_windows_amd64.exe

1. Rename that executable to h2c, or h2c.exe on Windows
2. Move the executable into a folder on your PATH.

How to Build from Source

h2c is developed with go 1.4.2. With go set up, you can download, compile, and install h2c as follows:

go get github.com/fstab/h2c

Related Work

h2c uses parts of Brad Fitzpatrick's HTTP/2 support for Go. There is an HTTP/2 console debugger included in bradfitz/http2, but just like h2c, it is currently only a quick few hour hack, so it is hard to tell if they aim at the same kind of tool.

LICENSE

h2c is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

h2c is implemented in Go and uses Go's standard library, which is licensed under Google's Go license, which is a variant of the BSD License.

The following 3rd party libraries are used:

• github.com/fstab/http2/hpack is cloned from github.com/bradfitz/http2/hpack. It implements the Header Compression for HTTP/2 (HPACK). The library is licensed under the terms of Go itself.
• github.com/fstab/color is cloned from github.com/fatih/color. It implements the color output used in h2c start --dump. The library is licensed under an MIT License.