code: def base_http_parser():
      
      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
docs: Creates a parser with arguments specific to sending an HTTP request
      to the REST API.
  
      Returns:
          {ArgumentParser}: Base parser with default HTTP args