apitool

A fast, local-first HTTP client for the terminal. No login. No cloud. No bloat.

Install

npx apitool GET https://api.example.com/users

Or install globally:

npm install -g apitool

Usage

apitool <METHOD> <URL> [options]
apitool run <name>
apitool list
apitool delete <name>

Examples

# Send a GET request
apitool GET https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts/1

# POST with a JSON body
apitool POST https://api.example.com/users --body '{"name":"Alice","role":"admin"}'

# Add custom headers
apitool GET https://api.example.com/me --header Authorization=Bearer\ token123

# Save a request for later
apitool POST https://api.example.com/users --body '{"name":"Alice"}' --save create-user

# Replay a saved request
apitool run create-user

# See all saved requests
apitool list

# Delete a saved request
apitool delete create-user

How saving works

Requests are saved to .apitool.json in your current directory. This means:

• Each project can have its own saved requests
• You can commit .apitool.json to share requests with your team
• It's plain JSON — edit it by hand if you want

Requirements

Node.js 18 or later (uses native fetch — no dependencies).

License

MIT