webbie

A lightweight HTTP server for testing webhooks and inspecting HTTP requests with beautiful syntax highlighting.

Features

• 🚀 Instant local HTTP server setup
• 🎨 Syntax highlighting for JSON, XML, and URL-encoded request bodies
• 📝 Detailed request logging with colored output
• 🔍 Displays HTTP method, path, query parameters, headers, and body
• ⚡ Built with Rust for blazing-fast performance

Installation

Install webbie globally using Cargo:

cargo install webbie

Usage

Start a server on any port:

webbie --port 8080

Or use the short flag:

webbie -p 3000

Once running, webbie will display all incoming HTTP requests with:

• Request method (GET, POST, etc.) in green
• Request path in blue
• Query parameters in yellow
• Headers with syntax highlighting
• Request body with automatic formatting based on Content-Type

Example Output

POST /webhook/github
content-type: application/json
user-agent: GitHub-Hookshot/abc123

------ Body: ------
{
  "action": "opened",
  "number": 42,
  "pull_request": {
    "title": "Add new feature",
    "user": {
      "login": "octocat"
    }
  }
}

Use Cases

• Testing webhook integrations locally
• Debugging HTTP requests from third-party services
• Inspecting API calls during development
• Learning about HTTP request structure

License

MIT