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HTTP Request Shortcuts

Submit HTTP Requests from Shortcuts on your Home Screen
Version: 3.18.0
Added: 07-09-2020
Updated: 31-08-2024
Place shortcuts (widgets) on your home screen to submit HTTP requests to all your favorite RESTful APIs, webservices and other URL resources. Great for home automation projects!


  • HTTP and HTTPS

  • GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, HEAD, OPTIONS and TRACE

  • Basic Authentication, Digest Authentication, Bearer Authentication & Client Certificate Authentication

  • Custom request headers

  • Custom request body (text only)

  • Upload files as form-data or request body

  • Support for HTTP proxies

  • Support for self-signed certificates

  • Built-in icons, support for custom icons or using a site's favicon

  • Display response as a toast, window or dialog, or run silently

  • Grouping into categories through tabs

  • Value injection through variables (e.g., text, numbers, passwords, selections, colors, dates, …)

  • Run arbitrary JavaScript before & after execution, including special actions, such as (but not limited to):

    • show dialogs

    • show toasts

    • prompt for user input (e.g. asking for dates, passwords, text, ...)

    • parse JSON or XML responses

    • compute HMAC

    • store values into global variables for later use

    • vibrate

    • play notification sounds

    • send TCP or UDP packets

    • send MQTT messages to a broker

    • wake-on-lan

    • send Android intents

    • trigger Tasker tasks

    • read QR code (via 3rd party app)

    • read current physical location


  • Import & Export in JSON or cURL format

  • 3rd party integration (e.g. Tasker)

  • Dark Mode support



Some ideas what to use HTTP shortcuts for:

  • Execute a script on your web server

  • Control your home automation system and IoT devices

  • Interact with your RaspberryPi and Arduino tinkering projects

  • Automate workflows



Find it on GitHub: https://github.com/Waboodoo/HTTP-Shortcuts.
Or visit the official website for documentation: https://http-shortcuts.rmy.ch


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