Resto — a CLI app can send pretty HTTP & API requests with TUI

a CLI app can send pretty HTTP & API requests with TUI.

Installation

Using script

• Shell

curl -fsSL https://git.io/resto | bash

• PowerShell

iwr -useb https://git.io/resto-win | iex

then restart your powershell

Go package manager

go install github.com/abdfnx/resto@latest

GitHub CLI

gh extension install abdfnx/gh-resto

Usage

• Open Resto UI

resto

• Send a request to a URL

resto get https://api.github.com

• Send a request to a URL and use resto editor

resto post https://https://localhost:3000/v1/login — content-type json --editor

• Read Body from stdin

cat schema.graphql | resto post https://api.spacex.land/graphql —content-type graphql — body-stdin

• Use Authentecation with Basic Auth or Bearer Token

# Bearer Token
resto delete https://api.secman.dev/api/logins/13 — content-type json — token TOKEN
# Basic Auth
resto delete https://api.secman.dev/api/logins/13 — content-type json — username USERNAME — password PASSWORD

• Save response to a file

resto get http://localhost:3333/api/v1/hello — save response.json

Flags

GET & HEAD flags

-H, --headers           Just show the response headers
-j, --just-body         Just show the response body
-p, --password string   The password to use for basic authentication
-s, --save string       Save the response body to a file
-t, --token string      The bearer token to use for authentication
-u, --username string   The username to use for basic authentication

POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE flags

-b, --body string           The body of the request
-i, --body-stdin            Read the body from stdin
-c, --content-type string   The content type of the body
-e, --editor                Open the editor to edit the body
-H, --headers               Just show the response headers
-j, --just-body             Just show the response body
-p, --password string       The password to use for basic authentication
-s, --save string           Save the response to a file
-t, --token string          The bearer token to use for authentication
-u, --username string       The username to use for basic authentication

Documentation

Refer to resto website for the documentation. Or you can check out the Wiki.