With the HTTPie integration, is there a way to send "ext"?

[jbisotti]

I've been trying to find a good way to test our APIs, which use Hawk, and I came across this HTTPie integration. Our APIs rely on some extra data ("ext") in the Hawk header. Is it possible to provide that using this?

Thank you.

[Natim]

I don't think so but it should be possible to add an environment variable to support it.

[jtmaclachlan]

There is a pull request open to allow for an ext parameter to be passed in the Hawk header, just needs to be reviewed and merged.

[jhwarner]

The ext change has been merged, but I don't see a way to use that from within HTTPie. Is there a way?

[Natim]

Hello @jhwarner,

As of today, the Httpie integration is really lightweight

Do you have an API in mind you would like to use in that case? Would a env variable works for you?

You can register your own plugin like so too:

    import os
    from httpie.plugins import AuthPlugin

    class HawkPlugin(AuthPlugin):

        name = 'Hawk Auth'
        auth_type = 'hawk'
        description = ''

        def get_auth(self, username, password):
            ext = os.getenv("HAWK_EXT_PAYLOAD")
            if password == '':
                return HawkAuth(hawk_session=username, ext=ext)
            return HawkAuth(id=username, key=password, ext=ext)