A CLI app for performing REST API CRUD operations via HTTP/HTTPS requests.


Keywords
restx, http, client, api, rest
License
MIT
Install
pip install restx==0.1.14

Documentation

RESTX

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Description

A Python CLI application for sending HTTP requests using different methods (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE).

Installation

Using pip

pip install restx

Or using poetry

poetry add restx

Usage

HTTP GET (All Records)
restx get <url_with_endpoint>
# Example: restx get https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/
HTTP GET (Read Single Record)
restx get <url_with_endpoint>
# Example: restx get https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/54
HTTP POST (Create a Record)
restx post <url_with_endpoint> --payload '<json payload>'
# Example: restx post "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts" --payload '{"userId": 12, "title": "test doc body"}'
HTTP PUT (Update a Record)
restx put <url_with_endpoint> --payload '<json payload>'
# Example: restx put "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts" --payload '{"userId": 12, "title": "test doc body"}'
HTTP PATCH (Partial Update a Record)
restx patch <url_with_endpoint> --payload '<json payload>'
# Example: restx patch "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts" --payload '{"title": "test doc body"}'
HTTP DELETE (Delete a Record)
restx delete <url_with_endpoint> --payload '<json payload>'
# Example: restx delete "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/23"
To provide custom Headers
restx <command> <url> --header '<json header>'
# Example:
# restx post https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts --payload '{"userId": 1, "id": 1, "title": "sunt aut facere, "body": "recusandae consequuntur expedita et"}' --header '{"Content-Type": "application/json"}'
For help
restx --help
restx <get|post|put|patch|delete> --help

Contributions

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these guidelines:

  • Submit bug reports or feature requests through the issue tracker.
  • Set up a development environment by cloning the repository and installing dependencies.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT. See the LICENSE file for details.