api-rester 0.3.5

A simple REST API client CLI utility

Api Rester 🚀

A lightweight, user-friendly command-line REST client that lets you test APIs without the overhead of GUI applications like Postman or Insomnia. Perfect for developers who prefer staying in their terminal!

Installation 📥

Install Api Rester using pip:

pip install api-rester

Why Api Rester? ✨

Api Rester provides a streamlined way to test APIs directly from your terminal:

Core Features:

• Make API calls using JSON files for requests and responses
• Support for common HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, PATCH)
• Handle query parameters and headers
• Environment variable substitution from .env files
• Configurable verbose logging for debugging

Request/Response Handling:

• Store and validate requests/responses as JSON
• Validate domains and paths
• Safe handling of HTTP headers
• Support for alternative request/response files

Cookie Management:

• Persistent cookie storage between requests
• Cookie validation and security checks

Getting Started 🎯

1. Create Your First Request

Create a request.json file:

{
    "protocol": "https",
    "host": "api.example.com",
    "path": "/api/v1/users",
    "method": "POST",
    "headers": {
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "body": {
        "name": "John Doe",
        "email": "[e-mail]"
    }
}

2. Make the Call

api-rester call

3. Check the Response

Api Rester saves the response in response.json:

{
    "status": 200,
    "headers": {
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "body": {
        "id": 59,
        "name": "John Doe",
        "email": "[e-mail]" 
    }
}

Advanced Features

Custom File Names

Need to use different file names? No problem:

api-rester call --request-file custom-request.json --response-file custom-response.json

Environment Variables

Use environment variables in your requests with ${{VARIABLE_NAME}} syntax:

{
    "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${{API_KEY}}"
    }
}

Run it with:

API_KEY=your_key_here api-rester call

Query Parameters Made Easy

Add query parameters that are automatically encoded:

{
    "protocol": "https",
    "host": "api.example.com",
    "path": "/search",
    "method": "GET",
    "queryParams": {
        "q": "search term",
        "filter": ["active", "verified"]
    }
}

Smart Cookie Management

Cookies are automatically handled between requests and stored in cookies.json. They're automatically sent with matching domain requests - just like a browser would do!

Debug Mode

Need to see what's happening? Use verbose mode:

api-rester call --v

Quick Cleanup

Clean up generated files:

api-rester clear

Or specify custom files to clear:

api-rester clear --req custom-request.json --res custom-response.json --cookies custom-cookies.json

Generate Request Templates

Start with a template to save time:

api-rester template --filename my-request.json

Coming Soon 🔜

• Request timeouts
• Stdin/Stdout support for piping: python seeder-script.py | api-rester call | bash analytics-script.sh

License 📄

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.