# HTTP Request Shortcuts

> Submit HTTP Requests from Shortcuts on your Home Screen.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/ch.rmy.android.http\_shortcuts](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ch.rmy.android.http_shortcuts)

## Overview

- **ID:** `ch.rmy.android.http_shortcuts`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Waboodoo
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 260,520
- **Rating:** 4.67 / 5 (1,945 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.6.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-18
- **First published:** 2015-04-19
- **Publisher country:** CH
- **Size:** 17 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.rmy.android.http_shortcuts)
- **Website:** [https://http-shortcuts.rmy.ch/](https://http-shortcuts.rmy.ch/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://http-shortcuts.rmy.ch/privacy-policy](https://http-shortcuts.rmy.ch/privacy-policy)

## Description

HTTP Request Shortcuts enables you to place handy shortcuts on your home screen to quickly submit HTTP(S) requests to your favorite RESTful APIs, web services, and URL resources. This tool is perfect for home automation projects and anyone who needs efficient API interactions.

Customize your workflows by dynamically injecting values using global variables or enhancing requests with JavaScript code snippets that process HTTP responses. The app is open source, completely free, and free of ads. Discover the project on Github at https://github.com/Waboodoo/HTTP-Shortcuts and streamline your web service interactions effortlessly.

## Rankings

- #139,507 — Overall
- #10 — request

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS`
- `android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW`
- `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `ch.rmy.android.http_shortcuts.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT`
- `com.android.launcher.permission.UNINSTALL_SHORTCUT`
- `com.termux.permission.RUN_COMMAND`
- `com.wireguard.android.permission.CONTROL_TUNNELS`
- `net.dinglisch.android.tasker.PERMISSION_RUN_TASKS`

## Review summary

Users broadly praise HTTP Request Shortcuts for its simplicity, reliability, and focus on triggering HTTP calls. It’s easy to set up and use, with a clean interface and open-source, ad-free design. It shines in home-automation use cases (POSTing to APIs, controlling LEDs, Node-RED endpoints) and supports custom buttons and Tasker integration. Some wish for enhancements like a delay between sequential shortcuts and JSON import, but overall it’s described as doing exactly what it’s built for and frequently described as essential.

### Pros

- Easy to use with a clean, simple interface.
- Reliable and it just works for triggering HTTP requests.
- Excellent for home automation and smart home tasks.
- Open source (FOSS) and ad-free.
- Flexible for triggering arbitrary HTTP endpoints and creating custom actions (POSTs, Node-RED, Tasker integration).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ch.rmy.android.http_shortcuts)