req

A simple cli to send http requests.

Navigate

• Why
• Demo
• Installl
• Usage
  • Config file
  • List
  • Run
• Reference
  • Config file
  • Commands
    • help
    • version
    • list
    • run
  • Rofi
• Contribute
• License

Why

I created req mainly to use it with Rofi. At home, I can control domotics directly from Rofi.

Check the Rofi section below.

Demo

Install

Use precompiled versions in releases page

or

go get -u github.com/itsjimi/req

Usage

First of all, you need to create a .req.json in your home directory.

Config file

This is the most common .req.json.

[
  {
    "name": "Get first post",
    "url": "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1",
    "method": "GET"
  }
]

List

You can list all of available requests by running.

req list

In our case we have one element displayed.

Get first post

Run

You can run one or multiple requests by using run command.

req run "Get first post"

The result is displayed on terminal.

{
  "userId": 1,
  "id": 1,
  "title": "...",
  "body": "..."
}

Reference

Config file

By default, .req.json must be in your home directory.

[
  {
    "name": "Get first post",
    "url": "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1",
    "method": "GET",
    "output": "echo \"Title: {{.title}}\nBody: {{.body}}\""
  },
  {
    "name": "Create post",
    "url": "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts",
    "method": "POST",
    "headers": [
      "Content-type: application/json; charset=UTF-8"
    ],
    "body": {
      "title": "foo",
      "body": "bar",
      "userId": 1
    }
  }
]

output exec commands with bash and use go template to replace variables.

Commands

• All commands can use --help or -h to display its specific help.
• All commands can use --config or -c to use a custom .json path. (By default req use a .req.json in your home directory)

help

Display helper

req help

version

Display version req using SemVer.

req version

list

Display list of .req.json requests names (each separated by \n).

req list

run

Send one or multiple requests and display results.

Note: You can use --silent or -s to display nothing.

req run <request name> [other request name] [...]

Rofi

Req can be used in rofi with the rofi-req.sh script.

Contribute

Feel free to fork and make pull requests.

License

MIT