{"categories":[{"label":"Testing","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/software-development-testing/3"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"httpbin is a Flask-based HTTP request and response service that provides endpoints for testing and debugging HTTP clients and libraries.","skillfed_tags":["http-testing","mock-server","flask-app"],"use_cases":["Test HTTP client libraries like requests by making real HTTP calls to a local or remote httpbin instance.","Debug HTTP request/response behavior during development without needing a real backend service.","Verify authentication flows (digest auth, basic auth) in HTTP clients before integration.","Simulate network conditions like delays, redirects, and byte streaming for stress testing.","Validate error handling by requesting specific HTTP status codes and response formats."],"what_it_does":"httpbin is a Flask-based service that exposes HTTP endpoints for testing and debugging HTTP clients. It was originally created by Kenneth Reitz and is now maintained as a fork by the Python community after the original became unmaintained. The package can be deployed as a standalone Docker container or used directly as a library in Python projects.\n\nWhen used as a library, httpbin provides a Flask application object that can be integrated into test suites or development environments. It includes endpoints for testing various HTTP scenarios: response codes, redirects, delays, byte streams, digest authentication, and more. The package depends on Flask, werkzeug, greenlet, decorator, brotlicffi, six, and importlib-metadata. Recent releases have made flasgger optional and fixed Python 3.12+ compatibility issues.","worth_installing":"Yes. httpbin is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and is widely used in the Python ecosystem (pytest-httpbin, requests). Install friction is low and it supports current Python versions (3.8\u20133.14). Use it as a library for HTTP client testing or deploy the Docker image as a standalone service."},"id":"httpbin","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/httpbin","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/httpbin.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/httpbin/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-06-16","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"httpbin","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"HTTP Request and Response Service"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":493841,"position":6354,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.10.4"}