#!/usr/bin/env python3 from __future__ import print_function """REST: Simple command line interface to testing RESTful services. usage: REST [-h] [--cookie COOKIE] [--header HEADER] [--data DATA] {GET,POST,PUT,PATCH,DELETE} url REST API Tester positional arguments: {GET,POST,PUT,PATCH,DELETE} The HTTP method to use url The URL to request optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit --cookie COOKIE, -c COOKIE Specify an HTTP cookie value in NAME=VALUE format. --header HEADER, -H HEADER Add custom HTTP request headers in 'Name: Value' format. --data DATA, -d DATA JSON data to be sent with the request. Examples: REST GET http://localhost/v1/resource/item REST POST http://localhost/v1/resource -d '{"hello": "world"}' """ import argparse import requests import json def main(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="REST API Tester") parser.add_argument( "--cookie", "-c", action="append", help="Specify an HTTP cookie value in NAME=VALUE format.", ) parser.add_argument( "--header", "-H", action="append", help="Add custom HTTP request headers in 'Name: Value' format.", ) parser.add_argument( "--data", "-d", default=None, help="JSON data to be sent with the request.", ) parser.add_argument( "method", help="The HTTP method to use", choices=["GET", "POST", "PUT", "PATCH", "DELETE"], ) parser.add_argument( "url", help="The URL to request", ) args = parser.parse_args() # Convert cookie/header params. if args.header: args.header = strings_to_dict(args.header, ":") if args.cookie: args.cookie = strings_to_dict(args.cookie, "=") do_http(args) def do_http(args): result = None headers = { "Content-Type": "application/json", } if args.header: headers.update(args.header) result = getattr(requests, args.method.lower())( args.url, headers=headers, cookies=args.cookie, data=args.data, ) print(args.method, args.url, result.status_code) # JSON response? try: parsed = result.json print(json.dumps(parsed, sort_keys=True, indent=4, separators=(',', ': '), )) except: print(result.text) def strings_to_dict(strings, separator): """Turn a list of key/value pairs into a dictionary.""" result = dict() for item in strings: k, v = item.split(separator) k = k.strip() v = v.strip() result[k] = v return result if __name__ == "__main__": main()