Practical .http file examples

Bearer token .http file example

Send a JWT or OAuth access token exactly as the API receives it: in an Authorization header.

Basic authentication .http file example

Keep Basic credentials readable while editing and let Karve encode the username and password when it sends the request.

API key header .http file example

Use this pattern when the provider expects an API key in a custom request header.

API key query parameter .http example

Use a query-string key only when the API provider requires it; headers keep credentials out of logs more reliably.

OAuth client credentials .http file example

Request a machine-to-machine access token directly from an OAuth token endpoint.

OAuth refresh token .http file example

Call the token endpoint with refresh_token when an access token expires without repeating the full sign-in flow.

ASP.NET Core Minimal API CRUD .http example

Exercise a typical Minimal API todo resource from create through delete without leaving the repository.

ASP.NET Core JWT login .http example

Run a JSON login, inspect the returned JWT, then test a protected endpoint with the bearer header.

ASP.NET Core validation errors .http example

Keep deliberately invalid requests beside the API so validation behavior remains easy to reproduce.

ASP.NET Core form-urlencoded .http example

Test endpoints that bind HTML-style form fields without building a browser form.

ASP.NET Core health check .http example

Check liveness, readiness, and response headers with requests that work well during local development and incident diagnosis.

ASP.NET Core pagination .http example

Exercise predictable paging and filtering cases without repeatedly editing a long URL.

Create and fetch a resource .http example

Keep a create-and-read workflow together while making the one manual value transfer explicit.

.http environment variables example

Reuse the same committed requests across local, staging, and production values while secrets stay outside the file.

JSON POST request .http file example

Send a structured JSON body with explicit content negotiation and a reusable base URL.