Yes, we began to work on Hurl three years ago and the file format was "accidentaly" close to IntelliJ's HTTP file format. For the request part, it's not a coincidence since Hurl and IntelliJ's HTTP looks like "bare" HTTP format. They differ drastically on the response tests.

We keep working on Hurl because our main goal is to be able to easily run integration tests on a CI or locally in a terminal, which can be difficult with IntelliJ.

But yes, this shows that is really a need for such a tool.

For reference, IntelliJ format:

  GET https://httpbin.org/status/200
  
  > {%
  client.test("Request executed successfully", function() {
    client.assert(response.status === 200, "Response status is not 200");
  });
  %}

  ### Failed test: check response status is 200
  GET https://httpbin.org/status/404
  
  > {%
  client.test("Request executed successfully", function() {
    client.assert(response.status === 200, "Response status is not 200");
  });
  %}