Strip leading :// from URLs to allow quick conversion of a pasted U…

…RL to calls

Closes #1195

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 ## [2.7.0.dev0](https://github.com/httpie/httpie/compare/2.6.0...master) (unreleased)
 
 - Added support for sending multiple HTTP headers with the same name. ([#130](https://github.com/httpie/httpie/issues/130))
+- Added support for keeping `://` in the URL argument to allow quick conversions of pasted URLs into HTTPie calls just by adding a space after the protocol name (`$ https ://pie.dev/get` → `GET https://pie.dev/get`) . ([#1195](https://github.com/httpie/httpie/issues/1195))
 
 ## [2.6.0](https://github.com/httpie/httpie/compare/2.5.0...2.6.0) (2021-10-14)
 

docs/README.md

@@ -482,14 +482,25 @@ The default scheme is `http://` and can be omitted from the argument:
 
 ```bash
 $ http example.org
-# => http://example.org
+# → http://example.org
 ```
 
 HTTPie also installs an `https` executable, where the default scheme is `https://`:
 
 ```bash
 $ https example.org
-# => https://example.org
+# → https://example.org
+```
+
+When you paste a URL into the terminal, you can even keep the `://` bit in the URL argument to quickly convert the URL into an HTTPie call just by adding a space after the protocol name.
+
+```bash
+# Paste https://example.org, add a space, submit:
+$ https ://example.org
+```
+```bash
+# Paste http://example.org, add a space, submit:
+$ http ://example.org
 ```
 
 ### Querystring parameters

httpie/cli/argparser.py

@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ def _process_request_type(self):
         }
 
     def _process_url(self):
+        if self.args.url.startswith('://'):
+            # Paste URL & add space shortcut: `http ://pie.dev` → `GET https://pie.dev/get`
+            self.args.url = self.args.url[3:]
         if not URL_SCHEME_RE.match(self.args.url):
             if os.path.basename(self.env.program_name) == 'https':
                 scheme = 'https://'

tests/test_cli.py

@@ -169,6 +169,16 @@ def test_query_string_params_in_url_and_items_with_duplicates(self,
         assert f'"url": "{url}"' in r
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(['program_name', 'url_arg', 'parsed_url'], [
+    ('http', '://pie.dev/get', 'http://pie.dev/get'),
+    ('https', '://pie.dev/get', 'https://pie.dev/get'),
+])
+def test_colon_slash_slash(program_name, url_arg, parsed_url):
+    env = MockEnvironment(program_name=program_name)
+    args = parser.parse_args(args=[url_arg], env=env)
+    assert args.url == parsed_url
+
+
 class TestLocalhostShorthand:
     def test_expand_localhost_shorthand(self):
         args = parser.parse_args(args=[':'], env=MockEnvironment())