Creates a parser with arguments specific to sending an HTTP request
    to the REST API.

    Returns:
        {ArgumentParser}: Base parser with default HTTP args

def base_http_parser():
    """Creates a parser with arguments specific to sending an HTTP request
    to the REST API.

    Returns:
        {ArgumentParser}: Base parser with default HTTP args
    """
    base_parser = ArgumentParser(add_help=False)

    base_parser.add_argument(
        '--url',
        type=str,
        help="identify the URL of the validator's REST API "
        "(default: http://localhost:8008)")
    base_parser.add_argument(
        '-u', '--user',
        type=str,
        metavar='USERNAME[:PASSWORD]',
        help='specify the user to authorize request')

    return base_parser