anyapi-cli

Official CLI for AnyAPI: any API, one key, one USD wallet, pay per request.

Install

npx -y anyapi-cli@latest --help

For local development:

npm install
npm run build
node dist/index.js --help

Quick start

anyapi init
anyapi search reddit
anyapi describe reddit.search
anyapi run reddit.search --input '{"query":"anyapi","limit":5}'

anyapi init mints a free trial key when none is available (about $0.15 of requests, no account created, self-expires in 7 days), saves it to ~/.anyapi/config.json, and installs the bundled agent skills. When the trial budget runs out, anyapi connect upgrades past it with one human approval.

Commands

• anyapi signup [--label <label>] [--show-key] - mint a free trial key and save it locally. The secret is not printed unless you pass --show-key.
• anyapi connect - upgrade past the free trial via a one-URL OAuth 2.1 approval (Authorization Code + PKCE over a loopback callback). Prints a single consent URL for a human to open; on approval the CLI stores the access token and keeps working.
• anyapi login --api-key aa_live_... - store an existing dashboard key locally.
• anyapi search <query> - search the public catalog and print SKU, name, and USD price terms.
• anyapi list [--category <cat>] - list catalog APIs.
• anyapi describe <sku> - print the authenticated API definition, including schemas and USD pricing.
• anyapi run <sku> [--input '<json>'] [-i file] [--jq <expr>] [--fields a,b] [--max-items N] [--summary] [-o path] [--json] - run an API. Always saves the full result; shape flags trim only the stdout view.
• anyapi view [path] [--last [sku]] [--jq <expr>] [--fields a,b] [--max-items N] [--summary] [--json] - re-shape a saved run file locally. Zero network, zero cost.
• anyapi balance - print the remaining USD balance.
• anyapi init [--all] [--yes] - mint a trial key if none exists, install bundled agent skills, and show or apply MCP setup snippets.
• anyapi setup skills - install only the bundled skills.

Auth resolution order is --api-key, then ANYAPI_API_KEY, then ~/.anyapi/config.json, then trial self-signup. When the trial budget is spent, runs return HTTP 402 trial_cap_reached; run anyapi connect to continue.

Run output and local shaping

run always fetches and saves the full result to .anyapi/<sku>-<timestamp>.json and prints the path, costUsd, and items. Shaping is local: --jq, --fields, --max-items, and --summary trim only what is printed to stdout, never the saved file.

Because the full result is on disk, you pay once and re-slice it forever at zero cost with anyapi view:

# One paid run, saved in full:
anyapi run web.scrape --input '{"url":"https://example.com"}'

# Re-slice the same saved file for free - no network, no charge:
anyapi view --last web.scrape --jq '.data | {title, description}'
anyapi view --last web.scrape --jq '.data.markdown[:3500]'      # first chunk
anyapi view --last web.scrape --jq '.data.markdown[3500:7000]'  # next chunk
anyapi view --last --summary                                    # fields + byte sizes

jq targets the result output envelope {found, data}, so expressions start at .data or .found (identical on run and view). view --last <sku> reads the newest saved run for that SKU; omit the sku (or run a bare anyapi view) for the newest run of any SKU; or pass an explicit file path. A wrong jq expression prints the error and exits non-zero - the saved result is untouched, so just fix the expression and re-run view.

jq runs via a bundled WebAssembly build of jq (real jq 1.8.2, no system install required); if it cannot load, the CLI falls back to a system jq binary.

Migration note: shape flags used to be sent to the server and trimmed the saved file. As of 0.2.0 they are local and the saved file is always complete.

Publish

Tags matching v* publish to npm through GitHub Actions using the NPM_TOKEN secret and npm provenance.