cc-api-call 0.1.6

CLI tool for REST API testing with JWT, API key, and basic auth support

cc-api-call

CLI tool for REST API testing with JWT, API key, and basic auth support.

Features

• Multiple authentication modes (JWT, API key, basic auth, none)
• Auto token refresh for JWT authentication
• Per-project configuration (.claude/api-testing/.env)
• Clean JSON output with -r flag
• Works seamlessly with AI coding assistants

Installation

# Using uvx (recommended, no install needed)
uvx cc-api-call status

# Using pip
pip install cc-api-call

# Using uv
uv tool install cc-api-call

Quick Start

1. Run any command to auto-create config:

uvx cc-api-call status

2. Edit .claude/api-testing/.env with your settings:

BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000/api/v1
AUTH_MODE=jwt

# For JWT mode
API_TEST_EMAIL=[e-mail]
API_TEST_PASSWORD=yourpassword

3. Login (JWT mode):

uvx cc-api-call login

4. Make requests:

uvx cc-api-call get /users -r
uvx cc-api-call post /users -d '{"name":"John","email":"[e-mail]"}' -r
uvx cc-api-call put /users/1 -d '{"name":"Jane"}' -r
uvx cc-api-call delete /users/1 -y

Commands

uvx cc-api-call --help

Command	Description
get	Make GET requests
post	Make POST requests
put	Make PUT requests
delete	Make DELETE requests
login	Login and save JWT tokens
refresh	Manually refresh JWT token
status	Show config and token status

Options

All request commands support:

Option	Description
-r, --raw	Output raw JSON (for piping/parsing)
-H, --headers	Show response headers
-v, --verbose	Verbose output
--no-auth	Skip authentication

POST/PUT specific:

Option	Description
-d, --data	JSON data string
-f, --file	JSON file path

DELETE specific:

Option	Description
-y, --yes	Skip confirmation prompt

GET specific:

Option	Description
-q, --query	Query params (e.g., "page=1&limit=10")

Authentication Modes

JWT Mode (default)

AUTH_MODE=jwt
API_TEST_EMAIL=[e-mail]
API_TEST_PASSWORD=yourpassword
AUTH_LOGIN_ENDPOINT=/auth/login
AUTH_REFRESH_ENDPOINT=/auth/refresh

API Key Mode

AUTH_MODE=api-key
API_KEY=your-api-key-here
API_KEY_HEADER=X-API-Key

Basic Auth Mode

AUTH_MODE=basic
BASIC_AUTH_USERNAME=admin
BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD=password

No Auth

AUTH_MODE=none

Configuration

Config is stored in .claude/api-testing/ in your current working directory:

.claude/api-testing/
├── .env          # Your configuration
├── .gitignore    # Prevents committing secrets
└── tokens.jsonl  # JWT tokens (auto-generated)

License

BSD-3-Clause