From cc0ecc0adb4970ab7a0ffc04fe26684de57ade13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yuzhong Zhang <BetterAndBetterII@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 09:04:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix intermixed optional flags before/after URL on all Pythons

Use parse_known_intermixed_args so -v between METHOD and URL (and after
URL on Python < 3.13) no longer drops request items. Keeps --no-* extras.

Fixes #1838
---
 httpie/cli/argparser.py |  2 +-
 tests/test_cli.py       | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/httpie/cli/argparser.py b/httpie/cli/argparser.py
index 9bf09b3b73..636a7dcf20 100644
--- a/httpie/cli/argparser.py
+++ b/httpie/cli/argparser.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ def parse_args(
     ) -> argparse.Namespace:
         self.env = env
         self.env.args = namespace = namespace or argparse.Namespace()
-        self.args, no_options = super().parse_known_args(args, namespace)
+        self.args, no_options = super().parse_known_intermixed_args(args, namespace)
         if self.args.debug:
             self.args.traceback = True
         self.has_stdin_data = (
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 2cd27574af..9f4ba48336 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -317,6 +317,27 @@ def test_guess_when_method_set_but_invalid_and_item_exists(self):
         ]
 
 
+class TestIntermixedOptions:
+    """Optional flags may appear before, between, or after positionals."""
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('args', [
+        # Flag after URL (fails on Python < 3.13 with parse_known_args).
+        ['--offline', '--ignore-stdin', 'post', 'pie.dev/post', '-v',
+         'header1:xyz', 'x=1'],
+        # Flag between METHOD and URL (fails on all Python versions).
+        ['--offline', '--ignore-stdin', 'post', '-v', 'pie.dev/post',
+         'header1:xyz', 'x=1'],
+        # Flag before METHOD (already works).
+        ['--offline', '--ignore-stdin', '-v', 'post', 'pie.dev/post',
+         'header1:xyz', 'x=1'],
+    ])
+    def test_verbose_flag_position_keeps_request_items(self, args):
+        r = http(*args)
+        assert r.exit_status == ExitStatus.SUCCESS
+        assert 'header1: xyz' in r
+        assert '"x": "1"' in r
+
+
 class TestNoOptions:
 
     def test_valid_no_options(self, httpbin):